{"product_id":"between-dog-and-wolf-9780231181471","title":"Between Dog and Wolf","description":"Sasha Sokolov is one of few writers to have been praised by Vladimir Nabokov, who called his first novel, \u003ci\u003eA School for Fools\u003c\/i\u003e, \"an enchanting, tragic, and touching book.\" Sokolov's second novel, \u003ci\u003eBetween Dog and Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e--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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasha Sokolov is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eA School for Fools\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eBetween Dog and Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), and \u003ci\u003eAstrophobia\u003c\/i\u003e (1985) and the essay collection\u003ci\u003e In the House of the Hanged\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander Boguslawski is professor of Russian at Rollins College and the translator of Sasha Sokolov's \u003ci\u003eA School for Fools\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eIn the House of the Hanged\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513974133010,"sku":"9780231181471","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3abe3f75-cc5b-450e-9c1f-8a03933a7493.jpg?v=1730969623","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/between-dog-and-wolf-9780231181471","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}