Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
A Russian Literature, Classics, Fairy Tales book. Were asleep yet not asleep. We are thinking a strange thought, Thinking we are to...
For fans of fairy tales and the literary supernatural: a unique collection of Russian short stories from the last 200 years In these folk tales, young women go on long and perilous quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese, and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Some of the stories here were collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four of the greatest writers in Russian literature: Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov, Andrey Platonov, and Alexander Pushkin, author of Eugene Onegin, the classic Russian novel in verse. Among the many classic stories included here are the tales of Baba Yaga, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Father Frost, and the Frog Princess.
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- Pages: 466 pages
- ISBN: 9780141442235 / 0
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Were asleep yet not asleep. We are thinking a strange thought, Thinking we are to be slaughtered, That cranberry branches are burning, That cauldrons are steaming, That steel knives are being sharpened. Robert Chandler, Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
I read this over a couple of months, picking it up and putting it down around other books.The first thing I will say is if you don't know anything about baba yaga, then I think you will benefit from reading the information about her in the appendix, or 'Baba Yaga (1947 Article)' which is at the end of Part Four, prior to starting the... Wonderful, varied collection of tales. Afanasyev, Teffi, and Bazhow were definitely my favourite authors in this collection of Russian magic tales. The first few tales were lovely and magical to read, but after a hundred pages, I began to see the patterns. Some were misogynistic (The Tsar Maiden), some a bit boring. But in general the stories were enjoyable and varied. The...
