New issue of Chtenia: Readings from Russia

Tue Apr 15 12:52:03 UTC 2014

We are happy to announcing the publication of:

CHTENIA: Readings from Russia 
Spring 2014, #26
Theme: Springtime in Paris
This spring's issue features a look back at the life and work of Russian emigre writers, poets, artists and non-artistic types in Paris after the Bolshevik Revolution. It is a colorful, fascinating look at the nature and effects of exile.

6: Paris: A Russian City MARIA BLOSHTEYN  
The issue's introduction offers a concise history of the Russian connection to Paris, and the post-Bolshevik emigration in particular.  

27: Que Faire? NADEZHDA TEFFI 
 One of Teffi's best known stories offers a humorous take on emigre attitudes toward Paris. 
 :: Translation by Clare Kitson  

32: Original Lithographs YURI ANNENKOV  
The featured artist in this issue is Yuri Annenkov, whose wonderful lithographs from Paris in the 1920s set a perfectly bohemian mood.  Art

33: A Spring Miracle NADEZHDA TEFFI 
 A story of romance and spring.  
:: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

40: The Dog Groomer SASHA CHYORNY  
A poignant poem on the meaning of emigration and life. 
 :: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

45: Shadows of Days IVAN SHMELYOV 
 Shmelyov's acclaimed phantasmagorical variation on the emigre dream/nightmare of the return back to Russia.  
:: Translation by Temira Pachmuss  

67: On the Banks of the Seine IRINA ODOYEVTSEVA 
 A telling memoir of life in Paris for Russians in the 1920s and 1930s.  
:: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn

81: In Paris IVAN BUNIN  
One of Bunin's most beloved stories, about an aged emigre falling in love with a young waitress.  
:: Translation by Graham Hettlinger  

92: Un Petit Accident IVAN BUNIN 
 A previously untranslated short work by the short story master, that richly conveys the mood of one evening in Paris.  
:: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

95: Ivan Bunin ALEXANDER BAKHRAKH  
A brief but powerful memoir of Bunin's last days in Paris. 
 :: Translation by Nora Favorov  

100: My Thanks for All of This GEORGY ADAMOVICH  
A rumination on the fate of the emigre.  
:: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

102: Luchina MARINA TSVETAEVA 
 Tsvetaeva's brief and trenchant comparison of Paris and Russia. 
 :: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

105: The Argentine NINA BERBEROVA 
 A story of emigre love and loss in Paris.  
:: Translation by Marian Schwartz  

116: Black Moth MARIA VEGA  A classic Russian song of exile. 
 :: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

118: Whose Murmuring It Is, I Know Not VLADIMIR NABOKOV 
 A previously untranslated poem by Nabokov (under the pseudonym Vasily Shishkov).  
:: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

120: I'm Not a Shadow VLADIMIR NABOKOV  
A second previously untranslated poem by Nabokov (under the pseudonym Vasily Shishkov). 
 :: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn  

123: Moscow Snow ALEXANDER KUPRIN  
An example of the author's "miniature fiction" that juxtaposes nostalgia for the Russian past with stark reflections on the present.  
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Translation by Lise Brody  

126: An Evening Hour Fading Fast GEORGY IVANOV 
 A poignant poem on which the issue ends. 
 :: Translation by Maria Bloshteyn

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