Short story books set in Russia (17)
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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN
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'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya EN
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Love stories, with a twist, by Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer—the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia, The Girl from the Metropol Hotel By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables of women looking for love are the stories that Ludmilla Petrushevskaya—who has been compared to Chekhov, Tolstoy, Beckett, Poe, Angela Carter, and even Stephen King—is best known for in Russia. Here are attempts at human connection, both depraved and sublime, by people across the life span: one-night stands in communal apartments, poign... continue
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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov EN
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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life. Considered the greatest short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. From characteristically brief, evocative early pieces such as “The Huntsman” and... continue
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolaĭ Semenovich Leskov EN
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In this powerful and brutal short story, Leskov demonstrates the enduring truth of the Shakespearean archetype joltingly displaced to the heartland of Russia. Chastened and stifled by her marriage of convenience to a man twice her age, the young Katerina Lvovna goes yawning about the house, missing the barefoot freedom of her childhood, until she meets the feckless steward Sergei Filipych. Sergei proceeds to seduce Katerina, as he has done half the women in the town, not realizing that her passion, once freed, will attach to him so fiercely that Katerina will do anything to keep hold of him. J... continue
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There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby : Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya EN
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New York Times Bestseller Winner of the World Fantasy Award One of New York magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year One of NPR’s 5 Best Works of Foreign Fiction The celebrated scary fairy tales of Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer—the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia, The Girl from the Metropol Hotel Vanishings and aparitions, nightmares and twists of fate, mysterious ailments and supernatural interventions haunt these stories by the Russian master Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, heir to the spellbinding tradition of Gogol and Poe. Blending the miracul... continue
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Lady MacBeth de Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov ES
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En la ciudad provinciana de Mtsensk, Caterina Lvova fue casada con un mercader viudo, un ascenso social.
A su marido no la une ningún vínculo ni afecto, y además está siempre trabajando. Y Caterina Lvova, una joven sin inquietudes ni consciencia del efecto de sus actos, se aburre sola todo el día en la gran casa; ni siquiera ha podido darle hijos al mercader, lo cual es un constante motivo de reproche.
A partir de este contexto, se desarrollan las venturas y desventuras de la joven, que tendrán consecuencias imprevisibles, por momentos con presagio... continue
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The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy EN
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Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all- encompassing, doomed and tragic, erotic and absurd, seductive and adulterous, innocent and murderous love. A deeply moving addition to the Penguin Great Ideas and Great Journeys series, each gorgeously packaged book will challenge all expectations of love while celebrating the beauty of its exis... continue
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Five Great Short Stories by Anton Chekhov EN
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Masterfully written tales by one of the greatest practitioners of the form. Stories include "The Black Monk," "The House with the Mezzanine," "The Peasants," "Gooseberries," and "The Lady with the Toy Dog."
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Trenta casi e una vecchia by Daniil Charms IT
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All’interno del presente volume sono raccolti i Trenta casi del “quaderno azzurro” di Charms, nell’ordine voluto dall’autore, e il racconto lungo La vecchia. I primi sono episodi aneddotici, teatrali, onirici e surreali, costellati da scene di violenza meccanica in grado di svelare l’istintività dietro la realtà umana. La lingua è atemporale, frammentata, illogica. Succede di tutto, ma anche niente: si può essere contemporaneamente vivi e morti, essere e non esistere. Il racconto che segue, invece, è una storia grottesca in cui la realtà si sovrappone al sogno, all’ossessione, all’incubo e all... continue
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The Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector, and Selected Stories by Nikolai Gogol EN
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Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolai Gogol deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty bureaucracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire, "The Government Inspector" has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play every written. The stories gathered here, meanwhile, range from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swin... continue
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Other Worlds : Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints by Teffi EN
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Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Teffi was a writer of great range and human sympathy. The stories on otherworldly themes in this collection are some of her finest and most profound, displaying the acute psychological sensitivity beneath her characteristic wit and surface brilliance. Other Worlds presents stories from across the whole of Teffi’s long career, from her early d... continue
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Piedra, papel, tijera by Maksim Osipov ES
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Los diez delicados relatos de este libro retratan a personas corrientes de la Rusia de provincias de hoy –doctores, profesores, políticos locales y delincuentes comunes– cuyos caminos se cruzan, de forma natural aunque impredecible, en atmósferas grises pero dotadas de un singular encanto. Como en una comedia negra chejoviana, en estas páginas conviven la corrupción y la violencia cotidiana con el humor, la ternura y la promesa de redención.
Gracias a una inusual capacidad de observación, Maxim Ósipov se sirve de su experiencia como... continue
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La corista y otros cuentos by Anton Pavlovitx Txékhov ES
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Chéjov es uno de los más grandes cuentistas de la historia de la literatura. Junto a Gógol, Maupassant, Poe y un selecto grupo de autores, pertenece a la élite que elevó el género a su máxima expresión. Chéjov aborda temas cotidianos. De vidas en su mayoría anodinas, crea una literatura brillante. La rutina, las mezquindades, las peculiaridades de sus personajes se exponen en la dimensión humana más amplia, combinando grandes y pequeños gestos. No hay misticismo, pero sí generosidad. Hay humor y a... continue
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Los mejores cuentos by Antón Chéjov ES
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Antón Pávlovich Chéjov está considerado como el más destacado representante de la escuela realista de su país, en su corriente más psicológica, siendo el autor de una de las obras más destacadas de la narrativa y la dramaturgia de la literatura universal. Es reconocido mundialmente como un maestro del relato corto y uno de los escritores más importantes de este género en la historia de la literatura. Fue un auténtico innovador de esta temática narrativa.
Son innumerables los relatos cortos y cuentos que... continue
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