Don't hope to get rid of books (Umberto Eco)
+371 27000041, +371 27000045
(on working days 9:00-17:00 latvian)
+371 27000041
+371 27000045

(on working days 10:00-17:00)

These Crazy Russians: A Brief Course in Russian Literature 1820–1991

14.99 €
Out of stock
These Crazy Russians: A Brief Course in Russian Literature 1820–1991
14.99 €
What makes Russian literature one of the greatest in the world? Why do Dostoevsky's fictional characters seem more real than historical figures? How did Russian writers manage to capture the tragicomedy of life and return the true power of words?

Paolo Nori, a renowned Italian writer, translator and researcher of Russian literature, tries to answer these questions. His book is not a dry academic study, but a lively, witty and personal journey through the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Erofeev, Gogol and Brodsky. Nori shows that it was the "crazy Russians" who, over two centuries, created one of the most profound literatures in the world, closer to reality than life itself.
See also:

You might be interested:

Has anyone seen my girl? 100 letters to Seryozha
Culture, art, music, cinema, theater
Has anyone seen my girl? 100 letters to Seryozha
Karina Dobrotvorskaya
14.99 €
In basket
Moscow Diary
Culture, art, music, cinema, theater
Moscow Diary
Benjamin Walter
14.99 €
In basket
Modernists and Rebels: Bacon, Freud, Hockney, and the School of London
Culture, art, music, cinema, theater
Modernists and Rebels: Bacon, Freud, Hockney, and the School of London
Gayford Martin
29.99 €
In basket
At the Peak of the Century: Confessions of an Art Obsessed
Culture, art, music, cinema, theater
At the Peak of the Century: Confessions of an Art Obsessed
Peggy Guggenheim
19.99 €
In basket