Short Stories (Humorous). In 2 Volumes
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Short Stories (Humorous). In 2 Volumes
199.99 €
At the dawn of the 20th century, the name of Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (1880–1925) thundered across the country. His books were known to both young and old, read in train compartments and horse-drawn trams, on boulevard benches and at cafe tables. Alive as life itself, they pulsed and resounded with the sound of Russia itself—a passing, unimagined Russia—on the eve of an evil twilight. This was genuine Russian laughter—not the laughter of Mark Twain, O. Henry, or Jerome K. Jerome—but a truly Russian laughter, following Gogol, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Chekhov, the last laugh of a passing era. And Russia was so tangibly, so naturally, so vividly presented in these humorous stories that it's no coincidence that the 1917 Revolution, with its immeasurable sacrifices "in the name of a bright future," put an end to this carefree merriment and forced Averchenko's books into oblivion for many decades, and their creator into lifelong exile. But even V.I. Lenin called them "astonishingly vivid" and recognized their author as a "high talent." There's no trace of old-fashionedness in Averchenko's humor. His texts evoke the colors of a new era, and it's as if we're witnessing a joyful cavalcade of roller skates, cinema, neo-innovative artists, and the first electric trams bursting into everyday Russian life one after another.
In recent years, Averchenko's legacy has begun to return to Russian readers. But only now, after years of textual research, has it finally become possible to publish a volume of the best works of one of the greatest Russian humorists, as the author himself intended.
The first volume of the two-volume set includes three collections of "Stories (Humorous)," while the second contains a collection of "Merry Oysters," as well as memoirs and responses from the writer's famous contemporaries and critics. Of particular interest is the publication's scholarly apparatus, prepared by D.D. Nikolaev, a leading expert on Averchenko's work.
In recent years, Averchenko's legacy has begun to return to Russian readers. But only now, after years of textual research, has it finally become possible to publish a volume of the best works of one of the greatest Russian humorists, as the author himself intended.
The first volume of the two-volume set includes three collections of "Stories (Humorous)," while the second contains a collection of "Merry Oysters," as well as memoirs and responses from the writer's famous contemporaries and critics. Of particular interest is the publication's scholarly apparatus, prepared by D.D. Nikolaev, a leading expert on Averchenko's work.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Literary monuments