{"product_id":"bessarabian-stamps-stories-paperback","title":"Bessarabian Stamps: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOleg Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBoris Dralyuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of Bruno Schulz's \u003ci\u003eStreet of Crocodiles\u003c\/i\u003e, Oleg Woolf's \u003ci\u003eBessarabian Stamps\u003c\/i\u003e -- a cycle of sixteen stories set mostly in the village of Sănduleni -- is a vivid, surreal evocation of a liminal world. Sănduleni's denizens are in permanent flux, forever shifting languages, cultures, and states, in every sense of the word. With a warm, Bessarabian irony recalling one of Eastern Europe's long-forgotten regions, the \u003ci\u003eStamps\u003c\/i\u003e explore what it means to live on the edges of empires, which rise and fall while Sănduleni abides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOleg Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1954 in Moldova, and passed away in 2011 in the United States. A physicist by training, he spent a number of years on geophysical expeditions throughout the former Soviet Union. Along with his wife, Irina Mashinski, he was the founder and editor of the bilingual press Stosvet and its journal \u003ci\u003eCardinal Points\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris Dralyuk\u003c\/b\u003e holds a Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures from UCLA, where he lectures on Russian literature. His work has appeared in various literary and academic journals. He is the translator of Leo Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eHow Much Land Does a Man Need? \u003c\/i\u003e(Calypso Editions, 2010), the cotranslator of Polina Barskova's \u003ci\u003eThe Zoo in Winter: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Melville House, 2011), and the recipient of the 2011 Compass Translation Award. His study of Russian popular detective stories, \u003ci\u003eWestern Crime Fiction Goes East: The Russian Pinkerton Craze, 1907-1934\u003c\/i\u003e, is available from Brill. He lives in Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 6.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769871663392,"sku":"9781939419286","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93ec9bcdeb460788a34ca6e55fe517c0.webp?v=1780358777","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bessarabian-stamps-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}