{"product_id":"stories-from-a-siberian-village-paperback-softback-9780875805726","title":"Stories from a Siberian Village (Paperback \/ softback) 9780875805726","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStories from a Siberian Village\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVasily Shukshin (Author), Laura Michael (Translated by), John Givens (Translated by), Kathleen Parthé (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875805726\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 August 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shukshin will not die. After 30 years, these stories have come to us with an excellent introduction by John Givens to go with his and Laura Michael's translation.\"—Martin Cruz Smith, Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e \"A generous collection of 25 stories by the popular and charismatic Russian author.\"—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e \"Shukshin excels in the short story.... A wonderful collection.\"—Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cultural phenomenon in his day-an award-winning film director and actor who also wrote novels, plays, and movie scripts-Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974) is renowned for his mastery of the short story. Credited with revitalizing the short story as a genre in Russian literature, he was posthumously honored with the Soviet Union's highest literary prize following his untimely death at the age of forty-five. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Stories from a Siberian Village introduces Shukshin to English readers with twenty-five stories that reflect the Siberian origins of his artistic identity. These stories, most of which have never before appeared in English, are set in a remote Siberian village caught in transition between rural traditions and modern Soviet life. There Shukshin's peasants-survivors of revolution, collectivization, and war-seek their identity in a \"brave new world.\" \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Eccentrics and oddballs, Shukshin's protagonists are restless freedom seekers whose dreams and foibles are as broad and inexplicable as their native Siberian landscape. As touchy as artists and as unpretentious as truck drivers, they struggle with questions of life and death, faith and reason, custom and progress. From their mutual misapprehensions and the gap between their dreams and reality arises Shukshin's biting humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword: Kathleen Parth\\u00e9 \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: John Givens \u003cbr\u003e Country Folk \u003cbr\u003e I Believe! \u003cbr\u003e Cutting Them Down to Size \u003cbr\u003e The Microscope \u003cbr\u003e Tough Guy \u003cbr\u003e Styopka \u003cbr\u003e Ignakha's Come Home \u003cbr\u003e My Son-in-Law Stole a Truckload of Wood! \u003cbr\u003e Oddball \u003cbr\u003e Mille Pardons, Madame! \u003cbr\u003e Meditations \u003cbr\u003e Stenka Razin \u003cbr\u003e All by Themselves \u003cbr\u003e A Roof Over Your Head \u003cbr\u003e Wolves \u003cbr\u003e Alyosha at Large \u003cbr\u003e Critics \u003cbr\u003e Passing Through \u003cbr\u003e Stubborn \u003cbr\u003e Let's Conquer the Heart! \u003cbr\u003e Vanka Teplyashin \u003cbr\u003e In the Autumn \u003cbr\u003e Strangers \u003cbr\u003e From the Childhood Years of Ivan Popov \u003cbr\u003e Uncle Yermolai \u003cbr\u003e List of Major Works of Vasily Shukshin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523093393688,"sku":"9780875805726","price":17.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/stories-from-a-siberian-village-paperback-softback-9780875805726","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}