{"product_id":"russian-magic-tales-from-pushkin-to-platonov-9780141442235","title":"Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of fairy tales and the literary supernatural: a unique collection of Russian short stories from the last 200 years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn these folk tales, young women go on long and perilous quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese, and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Some of the stories here were collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four of the greatest writers in Russian literature: Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov, Andrey Platonov, and Alexander Pushkin, author of \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e, the classic Russian novel in verse. Among the many classic stories included here are the tales of Baba Yaga, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Father Frost, and the Frog Princess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed poet and translator. His many translations from Russian include works by Aleksandr Pushkin, Nikolay Leskov, Vasily Grossman, and Andrey Platonov; his anthologies \u003ci\u003eRussian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e are both published by Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSibelan Forrester\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Russian at Swarthmore College. She lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705304613138,"sku":"9780141442235","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e1dbcf03-0181-4359-b133-9794d7de21da.jpg?v=1762345318","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/russian-magic-tales-from-pushkin-to-platonov-9780141442235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}