Sasha Sokolov is one of few writers to have been praised by Vladimir Nabokov, who called his first novel, A School for Fools, an enchanting, tragic, and touching book. Sokolov's second novel, Between Dog and Wolf, written in 1980, has long intimidated translators because of its complex puns, rhymes, and neologisms. Language rather than plot motivates the story?the novel is often compared to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake?and time, characters, and death all prove unstable. The one constant is the Russian landscape, where the Volga is a more-crossable River Styx, especially when it freezes in winter. Sokolov's fiction has hugely influenced contemporary Russian writers. Now, thanks to Alexander Boguslawski's bold and superb translation, English readers can access what many consider to be his best work.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-13
9780231181471
eBay Product ID (ePID)
230050429
Product Key Features
Book Title
Between Dog and Wolf
Author
Sasha Sokolov
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2016
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Sasha Sokolov
Series Title
Russian Library
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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