Alexander S. Puschkin: The Captain's Daughter, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Captain's Daughter
- Essential Stories
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- Translation:
- Anthony Briggs
- Publisher:
- Pushkin Press, 06/2021
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781782276388
- Item number:
- 10327246
- Volume:
- 224 Pages
- Weight:
- 234 g
- Format:
- 164 x 121 mm
- Thickness:
- 23 mm
- Release date:
- 15.6.2021
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
A dazzling new collection of Pushkin's fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs
As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin's stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in Anthony Briggs's finely nuanced translations.
These are stories that upend expectations at every turn: in 'The Captain's Daughter', Pushkin's masterful novella of love and rebellion set during the reign of Catherine the Great, a mysterious encounter proves fatally significant during a brutal uprising, while in 'The Queen of Spades' a man obsessively pursues an elderly woman's secret for success at cards, with bizarre results.
Biography (Alexander S. Puschkin)
Alexander Sergejewitsch Puschkin wurde 1799 als Spross eines alten Adelsgeschlechts in Moskau geboren. Wegen seiner politischen Lyrik wurde der dichtende Graf, der im Außenministerium eine Stelle innehatte, 1820 nach Südrussland strafversetzt, später verbannt auf das mütterliche Gut. Er starb 1837 an den Folgen eines Duells.More from Alexander S. Pu...
