Between Dog & Wolf (Russian Library)
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- Synopsis
- This &“intricate and rewarding&” novel by the renowned author of A School for Fools is &“a Russian Finnegan&’s Wake&” finally available in English translation (Vanity Fair). One of contemporary Russia&’s greatest novelists, Sasha Sokolov is celebrated for his experimental, verbally playful prose. Written in 1980, his novel Between Dog and Wolf has long been considered impossible to translate because of its complex puns, rhymes, and neologisms. But in this acclaimed translation, Alexander Boguslawski has achieved &“a masterful feat…remarkably faithful to the subtleties of Sokolov's language&” (Olga Matich, University of California, Berkeley). Alternating between the voices of an old, one-legged knife-sharpener, a game warden who writes poetry, and Sokolov himself, this language-driven novel unfolds a story of life on the upper Volga River, in which time, characters, and death all prove unstable. The one constant is the Russian landscape, where the Volga is a more-crossable River Styx, especially when it freezes in winter.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 292 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780231543729
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780231181464
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/17/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Sasha Sokolov
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Alexander Boguslawski