21 - Russian Short Prose from the Odd Century(Paperback / softback)

"Cleverly selected and impeccably translated, 21 introduces its readers to some of the best Russian writers of our time." -- Eliot Borenstein, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, Collegiate Professor, New York UniversityThis 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
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