I'd love to do theory on these stories. I really loved this book despite my prejudice against the short story. Petrushevskaya is as bleak and troubling as the title of this collection suggests, but since her work is so firmly rooted in soviet history and culture she never seemed gratuitously grim. I...
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...
totally and absolutely unedited. Lost five times.. saving as safety. These stories are divided into two sections; the more overtly scary ones and the more surreal type shorts. A loose common thread among the entire collection was a dark eeriness. However I needed more. I needed them to coal...
Dnf. Therefore no rating. Not sure if it was the translation, but I found these stories strangely lacking. I'm a huge fan of Angela Carter, whom Petrushevskyay is often compared to, yet Carter's short stories are visually rich and satisfying, and these, I'm afraid, were not.
Now that's a puzzling title, who almost screams: "Marketing plans!", because there is no story with such a title in this collection. With the idea, yes, there is.
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.
Como en casi todas las colecciones de cuentos, algunos son mejores que otros o me interesan mas ciertas tematicas. Sin embargo, en su mayorÃa son muy buenos. El libro tiene varias secciones con historias de diferentes tipos. Mis secciones favoritas fueron alegorÃas 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 ...
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.
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