Subtly Worded And Other Stories

Subtly Worded And Other Stories

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Subtly Worded And Other Stories

Subtly Worded And Other Stories

Authors: , Robert Chandler, Clare Kitson, Natalia Wase

Publisher: Pushkin Press

ISBN: 9781782277309
Rs. 499.00
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Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny-a wry, scathing observer of society-she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character.

There are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace's Prince Bolkonsky, or, much later, her strange, charged meetings with the already-legendary Rasputin). There are stories of émigré society, its members held together by mutual repulsion. There are stories of people misunderstanding each other or misrepresenting themselves. And throughout there is a sly, sardonic wit and a deep, compelling intelligence.

Tagged with: Anne Marie Jackson / Clare Kitson / classics / fiction / international / Natalia Wase / Robert Chandler / Russian / short stories / Teffi / translation

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