khizhina diadi Toma

[Elena Gapova]

"Khizhina dyadi Toma" was a part of childhood reading in the SU in the same
way as "Robinson Crusoe" or "Gulliver Travels". I read it when spending the
summer in a small village, where I checked it out from a vallige library
(biblioteka sel'soveta).

As there was no discourse on race similar to the American one, most people
now would be very surprised if told that the book is considered white
suipremacist by some people in the US.

Elena Gapova


----- Original Message -----
From: Anna Rakityanskaya <rakitya at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: 12 June 2001 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: khizhina diadi Toma


> Another proof of popularity of the book and the effect it had on young
> minds can be found in S. Mikhalkov's poem "Khizhina diadi Toma",
describing
> apparently a true story that happened during the stage performance based
on
> the book. The story was also depicted in a film the title of which escapes
me.
>
> Anna Rakityanskaya
> University of Texas at Austin
>
>
>
> At 06:37 PM 6/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi, all -- I'm doing a little digging into the Russian/Soviet reception
of
> >Harriet Beecher Stowe (esp. Uncle Tom's Cabin), and was wondering if
> >anyone knows of
> >any adaptations (stage, screen, etc.) of the book in Russia, pre- or
> >post-1917. I get the impression (from R.D. Orlova's fascinating short
> >monograph "Khizhina, ustoiavshaia stoletie") that the novel was widely
read
> >in the Soviet
> >Union-- is that the case? Any info/anecdotes you might have would be
> >greatly appreciated -- many thanks!
> >
> >j.
> >
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