{"product_id":"the-portable-twentiethcentury-russian-reader-isbn-9780142437575","title":"The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian Reader","description":"Clarence Brown's marvelous collection introduces readers to the most resonant voices of twentieth-century Russia. It includes stories by Chekhov, Gorky, Bunin, Zamyatin, Babel, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Voinovich; excerpts from Andrei Bely's \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, Mikhail Bulgakov's \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e, Boris Pasternak's \u003ci\u003eDr. Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e, and Sasha Solokov's \u003ci\u003eA School for Fools\u003c\/i\u003e; the complete text of Yuri Olesha's 1927 masterpiece \u003ci\u003eEnvy\u003c\/i\u003e; and poetry by Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, and Osip Mandelstam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian ReaderIntroduction by Clarence Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlyosha the Pot (\u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bishop (\u003ci\u003eMarion Fell\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxim Gorky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecollections of Leo Tolstoy (\u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIvan Bunin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight Breathing (\u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadezhda Teffi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime (\u003ci\u003eEdythe C. Haber\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Blok\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Girl Was Singing\u003cbr\u003eThe Stranger (both by \u003ci\u003eJon Stallworthy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeter France\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrei Bely\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Maguire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn E. Malmstad\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvgeni Zamyatin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cave (\u003ci\u003eAvrahm Yarmolinsky\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVelimir Khlebnikov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNikolai (\u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Akhmatova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree things in this world he loved\u003cbr\u003eWe're no good at saying good-bye\u003cbr\u003eDante\u003cbr\u003eWhen a man dies\u003cbr\u003eCourage (\u003ci\u003eall by Clarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrei Platonov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Potudan River (\u003ci\u003eJoseph Barnes\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris Pasternak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarykino (from \u003ci\u003eDr. Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eHamlet (from \u003ci\u003eDr. Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eMarch (from \u003ci\u003eDr. Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e(\u003ci\u003eMax Hayward\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eManya Harari\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOsip Mandelstam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheodosia (\u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eThe Admiralty\u003cbr\u003eThe thread of gold cordial flowed\u003cbr\u003eLeningrad\u003cbr\u003eO Lord, help me to live through this night\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Supper\u003cbr\u003e(all except \"Theodosia\" by \u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMichael Glenny\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaac Babel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy First Goose (\u003ci\u003eAndrew R. MacAndrew\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eHow it Was Done in Odessa (\u003ci\u003eAndrew R. MacAndrew\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eMy First Fee (\u003ci\u003eMax Hayward\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikhail Zoshchenko\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBees and People\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eBefore Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e (both by \u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuri Olesha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnvy (\u003ci\u003eClarence Brown\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVladimir Nabokov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Return of the Chorb (\u003ci\u003eDimitri Nabokov\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eThe Visit to the Museum (\u003ci\u003eDimitri Nabokov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSimon Karlinsky\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadezhda Mandlestam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA May Night (from \u003ci\u003eHope against Hope\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eLast Letter (from \u003ci\u003eHope Abandoned\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e(both by \u003ci\u003eMax Hayward\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniil Kharms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnecdotes About Pushkin's Life\u003cbr\u003eThe Connection (both by \u003ci\u003eGeorge Gibian\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVarlam Shalamov\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProsthetic Appliances (from \u003ci\u003eKolyma Tales\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eA Child's Drawings (from \u003ci\u003eKolyma Tales\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eLend-Lease (from \u003ci\u003eKolyma Tales\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e(\u003ci\u003eJohn Glad\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Solzhenitsyn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatryona's Home (\u003ci\u003eH. 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