Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (Penguin Classics) Review

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Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (Penguin Classics) ReviewI can't say enough about Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida. To this reader, in whom concentrated knowledge in a few areas trumps familiarity with the whole literature, it is perhaps the best collection of stories translated from Russian since Goscilo and Lindsey's Glasnost anthology, and it's a better general introduction because of its chronological sweep.
Robert Chandler, editor as well as translator of some of the stories, has demonstrated uncommon skill and diligence in choosing and/or translating these works. Moreover, his introductions are at least as good as the pieces themselves!
The lineup includes several exciting writers I hadn't encountered previously, including Teffi, Annibal, Shukshin, Eppel, and Buida. Bunin I've known only peripherally--"The Gentleman from San Francisco" is a marvelous translation from D. H. Lawrence and Leonard Wolff. Chandler's own translations of Bunin, Pushkin, Tolstoy, and others are fresh and interesting, whether heart-rending as in Aksyonov's "God Sees the Truth and Waits," or hilarious as in his outstanding renditions of Babel's "Salt" and Kharms' "The Old Woman." The humor in these latter two arises from the authentic voices he has captured, probably the hardest task for a translator.
I recommend this work for scholars and novices, and especially as a text for university courses focusing on literature in translation.Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (Penguin Classics) Overview

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