{"title":"Books by Teffi","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781782277309","title":"Subtly Worded and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny-a wry, scathing observer of society-she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e's Prince Bolkonsky, or, much later, her strange, charged meetings with the already-legendary Rasputin). There are stories of émigré society, its members held together by mutual repulsion. There are stories of people misunderstanding each other or misrepresenting themselves. 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An extremely funny writer with a scathing critical eye, she was also capable of Chekhovian subtlety and depth of character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from humorous sketches of a vanished Russia to ironic, melancholy evocations of post-revolutionary exile, \u003ci\u003eAnd Time Was No More\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the full range of Teffi's gifts. A new selection by the celebrated Robert Chandler, it includes previously untranslated stories alongside more famous work, demonstrating the enduring freshness of one of the great wits of Russian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected and translated by Robert Chandler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeffi (1872-1952) was a phenomenally popular writer in pre-revolutionary Russia - a favourite of both aristocrats and revolutionaries. She was born into a prominent St Petersburg family and emigrated from Bolshevik Russia in 1919. She eventually settled in Paris, where she became an important figure in the émigré literary scene, and where she lived until her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Chandler is an acclaimed and award-winning translator of Russian literature. As well as translating works by Teffi for Pushkin Press, he has edited three anthologies for Penguin Classics and translated a number of books by Vasily Grossman and Andrey Platonov.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203508203698,"sku":"9781805330424","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805330424_6369693a-b2ba-4df8-b0bb-16a9a85c639f.jpg?v=1786028593"},{"product_id":"9781782272991","title":"Memories - From Moscow to the Black Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBBC Radio 4 Book of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wonderfully idiosyncratic, coolly heartfelt and memorable' William Boyd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the great writers of early 20th Century Russia' Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable memoir . . . both potent and endearing' Erica Wagner, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writer and satirist Teffi was a literary sensation in Russia until war and revolution forced her to leave her country forever. \u003ci\u003eMemories\u003c\/i\u003e is her blackly funny and heartbreaking account of her final, frantic journey into exile across Russia - travelling by cart, freight train and rickety steamer - and the 'ordinary and unheroic' people she encounters. From refugees setting up camp on a dockside to a singer desperately buying a few 'last scraps' of fabric to make a dress, all are caught up in the whirlwind; all are immortalised by Teffi's penetrating gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFusing exuberant wit and bitter horror, this is an extraordinary portrayal of what it means to say goodbye, with haunting relevance in today's new age of diaspora. Published in English for the first time, it confirms the rediscovery of Teffi as one of the most humane, perceptive observers of her times, and an essential writer for ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Marie Jackson and Irina Steinberg.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeffi (1872-1952) wrote poems, plays, stories, satires and feuilletons, and was renowned in Russia for her wit and powers of observation. Following her emigration in 1919 she settled in Paris, where she became a leading figure in the émigré literary scene. Now her genius has been rediscovered by a new generation of readers, and she once again enjoys huge acclaim in Russia and across the world. 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