Full Description
This collection of Russian short stories from the 21st century includes works by famous writers and young talents alike, representing a diversity of generational, gender, ethnic and national identities. Their authors live not only in Russia, but also in Europe and the US. Short stories in this volume display a vast spectrum of subgenres, from grotesque absurdist stories to lyrical essays, from realistic narratives to fantastic parables. Taken together, they display rich and complex cultural and intellectual reality of contemporary Russia, in which political, social, and ethnic conflicts of today coexist with themes and characters resonating with classical literature, albeit invariably twisted and transformed in an unpredictable way. Most of texts in this volume appear in English for the first time. 21 may be useful for college courses but will also provide exciting reading for anyone interested in contemporary Russia.
Contents
Nikolai Baitov Solovyov's Trick Silentium Translated by Maya Vinokour.
Evgeny Shklovsky The Street Translated by Jason Cieply.
Vladimir Sorokin Smirnov Translated by Maya Vinokour.
Nikolai Kononov Evgenia's Genius Translated by Simon Schuchat.
Leonid Kostyukov Verkhovsky and Son Translated by Maya Vinokour.
Sergei Soloukh A Search Translated by Margarita Vaysman and Angus Balkham.
Margarita Khemlin Shady Business Translated by Maya Vinokour.
Elena Dolgopyat The Victim Translated by Jason Cieply.
Kirill Kobrin Amadeus Translated by Veronika Lakotová.
Pavel Pepperstein Tongue Translated by Bradley Gorski
Aleksandr Ilichevsky The Sparrow Translated by Bradley Gorski
Stanislav Lvovsky Roaming Translated by Bradley Gorski
Valery Votrin Alkonost Translated by Maya Vinokour.
Linor Goralik A Little Stick; 1:38 A.M.; No Such Thing Come On, It's Funny; The Foundling; We Can't Even Imagine Heights Like That; Cyst Translated by Maya Vinokour.
Aleksey Tsvetkov Jr Priceart Translated by Sofya Khagi.
Lara Vapnyar Salad Olivier
Polina Barskova Reaper of Leaves Translated by Catherine Ciepiela.
Arkady Babchenko Argun Translated by Nicholas Allen.
Denis Osokin Ludo Logar, or Duck Throat; The New Shoes Translated by Simon Schuchat.
Maria Boteva Where the Truth Is Translated by Jason Cieply.
Marianna Geide Ivan Grigoriev Translated by Simon Schuchat.
