La figlia del capitano e altri racconti

Un volume che raccoglie insieme Le novelle del compianto I.P.Belkin ovvero sei brevi racconti che ci presentano la vita nei villaggi russi, tutto avvolto in un mix di guerra, onore, rispetto, vendetta, superstizione e molto altro; la Storia del villaggio di Gorjuchino è una sorta di documentario; La Leggi tutto

The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin , translated from the Russian by Natalie Duddington, is an engaging novella situated in eighteenth century Russia. The first-person narrator, Pyotr Andreyich Grinev finds himself embroiled in the historical rebellion of peasants and Cossac Leggi tutto

I already read these stories in The Complete Prose Tales of Alexandr Sergeyevitch Pushkin , but wanted to reread Pushkin's prose in a more recent translation. This volume includes Duddington and Keane translations which are somewhat less formal in diction and easier to read. "The Captain's Daughter" Leggi tutto

3.5 stars There’s a little sense of dissonance when I read a classic and my response is “huh, okay.” This is especially true when I read the classic in translation; in this case, the translation is very smooth, contemporary, and easy to read, which causes its own form of dissonance. These now feel li Leggi tutto

Una clásica, en el mejor de los sentidos del término, novela de aventuras sin el artificio experimental de la narrativa del siglo XX. Quizá no sea una característica meritoria, ni defectuosa, pero se agradece. La sencillez en los planteamientos, el desarrollo lineal de los acontecimientos, la exalta Leggi tutto

Primero voy a hablar de la obra larga, la novela corta, La Hija del Capitán. Es una novela corta o relato largo romántico (en su sentido decimonónico) de guerra y amor, ambientado a finales del s. XVIII durante la rebelión-revolución de Pugachov. El relato es bastante bueno y es interesante de leer. Leggi tutto

A fantastic collection of moving and inspiring short works by one of the masters of Russian fiction. I loved this book and recommend it highly. The austerity of the text, its rigid and unrelenting strictness in its adherence to realisim and a 'no frills' style of writing (the details and description Leggi tutto

It is commonly said that Pushkin was to Russian literature what Shakespeare was to English. Indeed, both were formative in the development of literature in their respective languages. The introduction to this volume declares, “Pushkin is not only Russia’s primary and archetypal author but her most a Leggi tutto

Desde el dibujo de la familia rusa, la imagen del lugar y las personalidades mostradas, todo es delicioso. Puedopercibir las cosas, para mi, más importantes sobre este libro: ~Refleja la austeridad y los golpes, estragos y dificultadesprovocadas por una guerra civil basada en ideales que no cambian el Leggi tutto

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