A collection of modernist modern fairy tales that contains lots of brutality, black humor & kafkaesque alienation, while also celebrates the strength and perseverance of common Russians.
Los cuentos de hadas son dentro de la fantasía lo que la fantasía es dentro de la literatura: un género reservado para niňos y adultos que no queren crecer pero que aún así todos podemos reconocer fácilmente al toparnos con él. Si bien yo creo que una buena historia lo es independientemente de su gé...
Como en casi todas las colecciones de cuentos, algunos son mejores que otros o me interesan mas ciertas tematicas. Sin embargo, en su mayoría son muy buenos. El libro tiene varias secciones con historias de diferentes tipos. Mis secciones favoritas fueron alegorías y cuentos de hadas.No dan miedo ex...
These stories are like entering into the vivid and tormented dreams of someone with a feverish delirium. Yet they are oddly refreshing and often touching tales. The author displays an astonishingly original creativity. I particularly liked "The Fountain House" which had been previously published in ...
Some of the stories are okay. A couple are good. An unusual preponderance struck me derivative, boring, and/or pretentious. It bothered me that the publisher tried to present this volume as doing something new and important when it is not. At all. "Reinterpreting" fairy tales as coming-of-age storie...
I liked this. Modern fairy tales, but in a style that's feels faithful, traditional, in the way the tale meander, end abruptly, or leave you in a place where you're not sure how you got there. Curious to read other stuff by the author.
The story referred to in the title is the one called "Revenge". It's aptly titled because it is about relationships.I love this book.I've only read one short story by Petrushevskaya in another collection. I picked this up over the weekend at a bookstore. I had heard good things about it.It's nice...
There is a misnomer on the cover of this book. Some short stories in this volume have not been commissioned for the book. Several of them have appeared in various magazines and collections (some have appeared over a decade ago).This is okay, for this is the first time that they are all collected t...
I'm new to Petrushevskaya so I didn't know what to expect when I read this -- wow. Punch in the gut at times, like Aimee Bender or Angela Carter on crack!
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