Kolyma tales

[Laura Kline]

I would add "Ночью", which is one of the best and provides a lot of good material for discussion.

Laura

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On Sep 26, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:

> I second Josefina's suggestions and would add "Yagody" - and perhaps "Bol'", though I find the latter almost unbearably painful.  I'll add that translations of 'Po snegu', 'Yagody', 'Utka' and 'Zaklinatel' zmei' are included in my RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES FROM PUSHKIN TO BUIDA (Penguin Classics, 2005)
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> R.
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> On 26 Sep 2013, at 16:43, Josefina Lundblad <josefina.lundblad at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> If I can suggest three that are absolutely essential then "По снегу" (as a prelude and an introduction into the world of the camps as well as into the world of the writer), "На представку" (explore the Pushkin connection if your students are well-versed in Russian 19th cent. lit.), and "Сентенция" (because it is the greatest - to put it mildly). I hope this was helpful!
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>> Josefina
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>> 2013/9/26 Brunilda Lugo de Fabritz <amarilis at bugbytes.com>
>> So, I am about to teach the Kolyma tales for the first time. I would love suggestions regarding the five or six tales colleagues in the list consider essential.
>> Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz
>> Howard University 
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