'The Captain's Daughter' in English + Russkie Skazki

[Robert Chandler]

Dear Edythe,

Yes, I'll certainly have another look at this collection - thanks for
reminding me!

Best Wishes,

Robert




> Dear Robert,
> 
> You might have a look at Teffi's collection "Ved'ma" (Berlin: Petropolis,
> 1936).  It contains some of her best stories, which reflect folk beliefs in
> Volynia, where she spent childhood summers.
> 
> Best,
> Edythe Haber
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> behalf of Robert Chandler
> Sent: Fri 8/24/2007 12:43 PM
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> Subject: [SEELANGS] 'The Captain's Daughter' in English + Russkie Skazki
>  
> Dear all,
> 
> First: ŒThe Captain¹s Daughter¹ got badly delayed by the printers, but
> copies have at last reached me.  They should be on sale in the USA by the
> end of September.  MANY THANKS to everyone on this list who helped me with
> my numerous questions!
> 
> Second: I am editing, and largely translating, a collection of RUSSIAN
> MAGICAL TALES that will be published by Penguin Classics as a companion
> volume to my short story anthology.  I shall be including both narodnye
> skazki and avtorskie skazki.  Probably about 3/4 of the book will be made up
> by stories from Afanasyev, the adaptations of these that Andrey Platonov
> published in the late 1940s, and stories by Pavel Bazhov.  And there will be
> some Pushkin.  And probably some of Aleksey Tolstoy¹s versions of skazki.
> 
> I¹ve read some of Petrushevskaya¹s skazki but am not especially impressed by
> anything I have read yet.  I may include one or two stories from a volume
> called ŒTelefonnye skazki¹ by Marina Boroditskaya.  And I shall certainly
> include a story by Yuri Buida, already published in English as ŒPorcelain
> Feet¹.
> 
> I¹ll be very grateful for any suggestions as to what else I should include:
> lesser known stories from Afanasyev or other folk tale collections, works by
> Silver Age writers, Soviet writers, contemporary writers... I am more
> interested in avtorskie skazki that have at least some relationship, however
> oblique, to traditional skazki ­ but will probably jettison this principle
> if I come across anything outstanding.
> 
> It often seems to be most helpful if people recommend works they genuinely
> love! 
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> Robert
> 
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