{"product_id":"the-enchanted-wanderer-and-other-stories-9780307388872","title":"The Enchanted Wanderer: And Other Stories","description":"Nikolai Leskov's writing exploded the conventions of nineteenth-century Russian fiction. Here is the other Russia, mythical and untamed: an uneasy synthesis of Orthodoxy and Old Believers, a land populated by soldiers and monks, serfs and princes, Tartars and gypsies--a vast country brimming with the promise of magic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese seventeen tales, some rooted in the oral tradition, others cast as sophisticated anecdotes, are all told in the voices of storytellers addressing their audience--allowing us, as readers, to join a group of listeners. Innovative in form and rich in wordplay, the narratives unfurl in startlingly modern ways. The great gift of this new translation allows us to hear all the nuances of Leskov's brilliant language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNikolai Leskov was born in 1831 in the village of Gorokhovo in Russia. He began his writing career as a journalist living in Kiev, and later settled in St. Petersburg, where he published many short stories and novellas, including \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk\u003c\/i\u003e (1865), \u003ci\u003eThe Sealed Angel\u003c\/i\u003e (1873), \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e (1873), and \u003ci\u003eLefty\u003c\/i\u003e (1882). He died in 1895. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated works by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, Bulgakov, and Pasternak. They were twice awarded the PEN\/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize (for their versions of Dostoevsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e), and their translation of Dostoevsky's \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e was one of three nominees for the same prize. They are married and live in France.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319043133714,"sku":"9780307388872","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd69276e-66dd-41ff-92d8-c1cfd185b11f.jpg?v=1727563870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-enchanted-wanderer-and-other-stories-9780307388872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}