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Slavic Studies New Titles • Slavic Studies NEW TITLES • SLAVIC STUDIES NEW TITLES • SLAVIC STUDIES BRYAN KARETNYK, translator and editor STEPHEN KOTKIN Russian Émigré Short Stories Stalin from Bunin to Yanovsky Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 As well as including stories by the most famous émigré writers, Vladimir Nabokov and The second installment of Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin’s definitive biography Ivan Bunin, this collection introduces many lesser known voices, including Yuri Fel- PAID of Joseph Stalin explores the brutal transformation of Russian society—and the trans- Presort Std Slavic Studies U.S. Postage formation of Stalin himself—from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict zen, known as "the Russian Proust", Nadezhda Teffi, the hugely popular and funny story Permit No. 169 writer, and Georgy Ivanov, whose work of poetic prose, "The Atom Explodes," is a bril- Staten Island, NY with Hitler's Germany. liant, haunting response to the upheaval and trauma of emigration. Exploring themes Penguin Press Hardcover • 1,184 pages • 978-1-59420-380-0 • $40.00 of displacement, nostalgia, loss and new beginnings, this anthology will transform the Anglophone world's understanding of Russian émigré writing in the twentieth century. Penguin Classics Paperback • 464 pages • 978-0-241-29973-9 • $18.00 Stalin Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 New Titles for Courses “Kotkin’s first volume on Stalin is ambitious in conception and masterly in execution. BRIAN JAMES BAER, editor It provides a brilliant account of Stalin’s formation as a political actor up to his fateful decision to collectivize agriculture by force. Kotkin combines biography with histori- Short Stories in Russian: New Penguin Parallel Text cal analysis in a way that brings out clearly Stalin's great political talents as well as the This volume of 10 short stories, with parallel translations, offers students the opportunity to 2017-2018 ruthlessness with which he applied them and the impact his policies had on Russia and enjoy a range of contemporary literature without constantly having to refer to a dictionary. the world. This is a magisterial work on the grandest scale.”— David Halloway, Stanford The stories are by well-established writers like Vladimir Sorokin, Ludmila Ulitskaya, Ser- University, author of Stalin and the Bomb gey Lukyanenko, and Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as well as emerging voices like Alexander “A monumental achievement.”—John Lewis Gaddis Ilichevsky, Evgeny Grishkovets, and Julia Kissina. Drawn from the last two decades of Penguin Paperback • 976 pages • 978-0-14-312786-4 • $26.00 the Soviet Union and the two decades following its collapse, they chart a period of dra- matic social change. Penguin Paperback • 240 pages • 978-0-14-311834-3 • $20.00 DOMINIC LIEVEN PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street NY 10014-3657 New York, The End of Tsarist Russia MIKHAIL BULGAKOV The March to World War I and Revolution The Master and Margarita "Lieven's insight into the mentalities of early twentieth century Russian statesmen is un- rivalled. As a result, he presents the fullest and most nuanced picture we have of Russia's 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) halting but in the end determined entry into the First World War. This book supersedes TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY all previous ones on the subject."—Geoffrey Hosking, University College London INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD PEVEAR; FOREWORD BY BORIS FISHMAN "Readers who, after two years of vigorous debate among historians, are looking for a A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire judicious assessment will find this book absorbing as well as indispensable in their teach- and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky transla- ing and research."—V. R. Berghahn, Columbia University tion. Mikhail Bulgakov’s fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines Penguin Paperback • 448 pages • 978-0-14-310955-6 • $18.00 two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient AN ECONOMIST AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Jerusalem, each brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters. WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE “This luminous translation [is] distinguished by not only the stylistic elegance that has become a hallmark of Pevear and Volokhonsky translations but also a supreme ear for the sound and meaning of Soviet life.”—Boris Fishman, from the foreword RICHARD J. EVANS Penguin Classics Paperback • 448 pages • 978-0-14-310827-6 • $17.00 The Pursuit of Power ROBERT CHANDLER, BORIS DRALYUK, and Europe 1815-1914 Evans returns with a monumental new addition to the acclaimed Penguin History of IRINA MASHINSKI, editors Europe series, covering the period from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I. Evans’s gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry 2017-2018 giving the reader a magnificently human picture of Europe in the age when it dominated This anthology traces Russian poetry from its nineteenth-century Golden Age to the the rest of the globe. modern era, including works by several great poets—Georgy Ivanov and Varlam Shal- “Unpacks the fascinatingly complex and interconnected range of historical forces at www.penguin.com/academic work between 1815 and 1914….[A] skillful interweave of political conflict and transi- amov among them—in captivating modern translations. The volume also includes a PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP general introduction, chronology and individual introductions to each poet. tion, economic transformation, social upheaval, and cultural change.”—The New York New Titles for Courses for Titles New PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP “There is no single book that brings together such a range of poets as this one does.” Times Book Review www.penguin.com/academic Penguin Paperback • 848 pages • 978-0-14-311042-2 • $22.00 —The Times Literary Supplement Studies Slavic Penguin Classics Paperback • 480 pages • 978-0-14-119830-9 • $20.00 NEW TITLES • SLAVIC STUDIES NEW TITLES • SLAVIC STUDIES BRYAN KARETNYK, translator and editor STEPHEN KOTKIN Russian Émigré Short Stories Stalin from Bunin to Yanovsky Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 As well as including stories by the most famous émigré writers, Vladimir Nabokov and The second installment of Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin’s definitive biography Ivan Bunin, this collection introduces many lesser known voices, including Yuri Fel- PAID of Joseph Stalin explores the brutal transformation of Russian society—and the trans- Presort Std Slavic Studies U.S. Postage formation of Stalin himself—from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict zen, known as "the Russian Proust", Nadezhda Teffi, the hugely popular and funny story Permit No. 169 writer, and Georgy Ivanov, whose work of poetic prose, "The Atom Explodes," is a bril- Staten Island, NY with Hitler's Germany. liant, haunting response to the upheaval and trauma of emigration. Exploring themes Penguin Press Hardcover • 1,184 pages • 978-1-59420-380-0 • $40.00 of displacement, nostalgia, loss and new beginnings, this anthology will transform the Anglophone world's understanding of Russian émigré writing in the twentieth century. Penguin Classics Paperback • 464 pages • 978-0-241-29973-9 • $18.00 Stalin Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 New Titles for Courses “Kotkin’s first volume on Stalin is ambitious in conception and masterly in execution. BRIAN JAMES BAER, editor It provides a brilliant account of Stalin’s formation as a political actor up to his fateful decision to collectivize agriculture by force. Kotkin combines biography with histori- Short Stories in Russian: New Penguin Parallel Text cal analysis in a way that brings out clearly Stalin's great political talents as well as the This volume of 10 short stories, with parallel translations, offers students the opportunity to 2017-2018 ruthlessness with which he applied them and the impact his policies had on Russia and enjoy a range of contemporary literature without constantly having to refer to a dictionary. the world. This is a magisterial work on the grandest scale.”— David Halloway, Stanford The stories are by well-established writers like Vladimir Sorokin, Ludmila Ulitskaya, Ser- University, author of Stalin and the Bomb gey Lukyanenko, and Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as well as emerging voices like Alexander “A monumental achievement.”—John Lewis Gaddis Ilichevsky, Evgeny Grishkovets, and Julia Kissina. Drawn from the last two decades of Penguin Paperback • 976 pages • 978-0-14-312786-4 • $26.00 the Soviet Union and the two decades following its collapse, they chart a period of dra- matic social change. Penguin Paperback • 240 pages • 978-0-14-311834-3 • $20.00 DOMINIC LIEVEN PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP Academic Marketing Department 375 Hudson Street NY 10014-3657 New York, The End of Tsarist Russia MIKHAIL BULGAKOV The March to World War I and Revolution The Master and Margarita "Lieven's insight into the mentalities of early twentieth century Russian statesmen is un- rivalled. As a result, he presents the fullest and most nuanced picture we have of Russia's 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) halting but in the end determined entry into the First World War. This book supersedes TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY all previous ones on the subject."—Geoffrey Hosking, University
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