Red Spectres: Russian Gothic Tales from the Twentieth Century

By: Maguire, Muireann

Book Overview

Yet few of these stories have been translated or published outside Russia. This rare collection includes eleven vintage tales by seven writers of the period: Valery Bryusov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Aleksandr Grin and Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky; the lesser known but seminal figure Aleksandr Chayanov, whose story "Venediktov" influenced Bulgakov's Master and Margarita; and the emigres Georgy Peskov and Pavel Perov. At a time of revolution and civil war, hardship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468303481
• ISBN13: 9781468303483
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher