{"product_id":"9780241299739","title":"Russian Emigre Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky by Bryan Karetnyk","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE READ RUSSIA PRIZE 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE GLOBAL READ RUSSIA PRIZE 2018Fleeing Russia amid the chaos of the 1917 revolution and subsequent  Civil War, many writers went on to settle in Paris, Berlin and  elsewhere. In exile, they worked as taxi drivers, labourers and film  extras, and wrote some of the most brilliant and imaginative works of  Russian literature.   This new collection includes stories by the most  famous ?migr? writers, Vladimir Nabokov and Ivan Bunin, and introduces  powerful lesser known voices, some of whom have never been available in  English before. Here is Yuri Felsen's  evocative,  impressionistic account of a night of debauchery in Paris;  Teffi's  witty and timely reflections on refugee experience; and Mark Aldanov's  sparkling story of an elderly astrologer who unexpectedly finds himself  in Hitler's bunker in Berlin. Exploring displacement, loss and new  beginnings, their short stories vividly evoke the experience of life in  exile and also return obsessively to the Russia that has been left  behind - whether as a beautiful dream or terrifying nightmare. By turns  experimental, funny, exciting, poignant and haunting, these works reveal  the full range of ?migr? writing and are presented here in masterly  translations by Bryan Karetnyk and others.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227799171445,"sku":"9780241299739","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241299739.jpg?v=1762251493","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780241299739","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}