Other Worlds

Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints

Other Worlds
Robert Chandler, Teffi
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 304pg
26 Aug 2021 UK
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9781782275619
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Celebrated for the wit of her satirical sketches, Teffi was also a writer of uncommon sensitivity, capable of plumbing the darker aspects of human psychology while retaining the signature grace of her style. The stories collected here share spiritual and supernatural themes, drawing from the provincial Russia of Teffi' s youth to depict communities where Orthodox Christianity coexists with the shapeshifters and house spirits of ancient folk belief. A young girl, haunted by the sinister sound of a church bell, resolves to become a saint. A reluctant participant on a mass pilgrimage to the Solovetsky islands has a shatteringly profound experience. A young married couple' s relationship becomes strained as they each nurse the unspoken fear that their maid is a witch. By turns playful and profound, drily sceptical and solemn, these tales of other worlds precisely illuminate human desires, fears and failings.
Teffi was a phenomenally popular writer in pre-revolutionary Russia - a favourite of Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. She was born in 1872 into a prominent St Petersburg family and emigrated from Bolshevik Russia in 1919. She eventually settled in Paris, where she became an important figure in the emigre literary scene, and where she lived until her death in 1952. A master of the short form, in her lifetime Teffi published countless stories, plays and feuilletons. After her death, she was gradually forgotten, but the collapse of the Soviet Union brought about her rediscovery by Russian readers. Pushkin Press also publishes Subtly Worded, Rasputin and Other Ironies and Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781782275619
Published: 26 Aug 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 304

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