Short Stories in Russian New Penguin Parallel Text [Paperback]

A dual-language edition of Russian stories—many appearing in English for the first time
 
This new volume of ten short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without constantly having to refer to a dictionary.
 
The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-established writers like Vladimir Sorokin, Ludmila Ulitskaya, Sergey Lukyanenko, and Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as well as emerging voices like Alexander Ilichevsky, Evgeny Grishkovets, and Julia Kissina. Drawn from the last two decades of the Soviet Union and the two decades following its collapse, they chart a period of dramatic social change, often using metaphors of the body, and represent a range of literary styles that highlight the dynamism of contemporary Russian fiction.
 
Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.Brian James Baer (editor/translator/introducer) is a professor of Russian and Translation Studies at Kent State University.Table of Contents 

Introduction

Don’t Panic! —Sergey Lukyanenko (b. 1968), translated by Brian James Baer

The Lithuanian Hand —Julia Kissina (b. 1966), translated by Brian James Baer

The Tattoo —Evgenii Grishkovets (b. 1967), translated by Brian James Baer

Hands —Yuly Daniel (b. 1925), translated by Brian James Baer

Grandpa and Laima —Dina Rubina (b. 1953), translated by Brian James Baer

Sinbad the Sailor —Yuri Buida (b. 1954), translated by Robert Chandler

The Beast —Ludmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943), translated by Brian James Baer

The Arm —Ludmila Petrushevskaya (b. 1938), translated by Anna Summers

The Swim —Vladimir Sorokin (b. 1955), translated blÂ