The Resource Sentimental tales, Mikhail Zoshchenko ; translated by Boris Dralyuk
Sentimental tales, Mikhail Zoshchenko ; translated by Boris Dralyuk
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The item Sentimental tales, Mikhail Zoshchenko ; translated by Boris Dralyuk represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Mikhail Zoshchenko's Sentimental Tales are satirical portraits of small-town characters on the fringes of Soviet society in the first decade of Bolshevik rule. The tales are narrated by one Kolenkorov, who is anything but a model Soviet author: not only is he still attached to the era of the old regime, he is also, quite simply, not a very good writer. Shaped by Zoshchenko's masterful hands--he takes credit for editing the tales in a series of comic prefaces--Kolenkorov's prose is beautifully mangled, full of stylistic infelicities, overloaded flights of metaphor, tortured cliché, and misused bureaucratese, in the tradition of Gogol. Yet beneath Kolenkorov's intrusive narration and sublime blathering, the stories are genuinely moving. They tell tales of unrequited love and amorous misadventures among down-on-their-luck musicians, provincial damsels, aspiring poets, and liberal aristocrats hopelessly out of place in the new Russia, against a backdrop of overcrowded apartments, scheming, and daydreaming. Zoshchenko's deadpan style and sly ventriloquy mask a biting critique of Soviet life--and perhaps life in general. An original perspective on Soviet society in the 1920s and simply uproariously funny, Sentimental Tales at last shows Anglophone readers why Zoshchenko is considered among the greatest humorists of the Soviet era."--Amazon.com
- Language
-
- eng
- rus
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 214 pages
- Note
- Translation from the Russian
- Contents
-
- A terrible night
- What the nightingle sang
- A merry adventure
- Lilacs in bloom
- Introduction
- A note on the text
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Apollo and Tamara
- People
- Isbn
- 9780231183796
- Label
- Sentimental tales
- Title
- Sentimental tales
- Statement of responsibility
- Mikhail Zoshchenko ; translated by Boris Dralyuk
- Language
-
- eng
- rus
- eng
- Summary
- "Mikhail Zoshchenko's Sentimental Tales are satirical portraits of small-town characters on the fringes of Soviet society in the first decade of Bolshevik rule. The tales are narrated by one Kolenkorov, who is anything but a model Soviet author: not only is he still attached to the era of the old regime, he is also, quite simply, not a very good writer. Shaped by Zoshchenko's masterful hands--he takes credit for editing the tales in a series of comic prefaces--Kolenkorov's prose is beautifully mangled, full of stylistic infelicities, overloaded flights of metaphor, tortured cliché, and misused bureaucratese, in the tradition of Gogol. Yet beneath Kolenkorov's intrusive narration and sublime blathering, the stories are genuinely moving. They tell tales of unrequited love and amorous misadventures among down-on-their-luck musicians, provincial damsels, aspiring poets, and liberal aristocrats hopelessly out of place in the new Russia, against a backdrop of overcrowded apartments, scheming, and daydreaming. Zoshchenko's deadpan style and sly ventriloquy mask a biting critique of Soviet life--and perhaps life in general. An original perspective on Soviet society in the 1920s and simply uproariously funny, Sentimental Tales at last shows Anglophone readers why Zoshchenko is considered among the greatest humorists of the Soviet era."--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- UOK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1895-1958
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zoshchenko, Mikhail
- Dewey number
- 891.73/42
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PG3476.Z7
- LC item number
- A2 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Dralyuk, Boris
- Series statement
- Russian library
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Zoshchenko, Mikhail
- Short stories, Russian
- Satire, Russian
- Russian wit and humor
- Soviet Union
- Label
- Sentimental tales, Mikhail Zoshchenko ; translated by Boris Dralyuk
- Note
- Translation from the Russian
- Bar code
-
- 31223126475988
- 31223126475996
- 31223126475954
- 31223126475939
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- A terrible night
- What the nightingle sang
- A merry adventure
- Lilacs in bloom
- Introduction
- A note on the text
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Apollo and Tamara
- People
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xx, 214 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231183796
- Lccn
- 2017054206
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- bro-ssap20180815-060
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042813613
- Label
- Sentimental tales, Mikhail Zoshchenko ; translated by Boris Dralyuk
- Note
- Translation from the Russian
- Bar code
-
- 31223126475988
- 31223126475996
- 31223126475954
- 31223126475939
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- A terrible night
- What the nightingle sang
- A merry adventure
- Lilacs in bloom
- Introduction
- A note on the text
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Apollo and Tamara
- People
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xx, 214 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231183796
- Lccn
- 2017054206
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- bro-ssap20180815-060
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042813613
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