Rasskazy New Fiction from a New Russia

by Lossel, Mikhal; Parker, Jeff; Prose, Francine

• ISBN13: 9780982053904
• ISBN10: 0982053908
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Tin House Books

Summary

Few countries have undergone more radical transformations than Russia has since the fall of the Soviet Union. The stories in Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia present twenty-two depictions of the new Russia from its most talented young writers. Selected from the pages of the top Russian literary magazines and written by winners of the most prestigious literary awards, most of these stories appear here in English for the first time.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 17
They Talk	p. 21
A Potential Customer	p. 33
Bregovich's Sixth Journey	p. 63
Have Mercy, Your Majesty Fish	p. 69
History	p. 77
Drill and Song Day	p. 97
Richeva	p. 105
Nuclear Spring	p. 125
The Diesel Stop	p. 133
Why the Sky Doesn't Fall	p. 177
More Elderly Person	p. 201
The Pleshcheyev Lake Monster	p. 209
Spit	p. 233
The Unbelievable and Tragic History of Misha Shtrikov and his Cruel Wife	p. 243
Between Summer and Fall	p. 253
Russian Halloween	p. 259
It All Depends on Who you Believe	p. 273
Rules	p. 285
The Seventh Toast to Snails	p. 293
D.O.B.	p. 307
The Killer and His Litter Friend	p. 331
One Your in Paradise	p. 343
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