{"product_id":"lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk-selected-stories-of-nikolai-leskov-paperback","title":"Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Selected Stories of Nikolai Leskov - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikolai Leskov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDonald Rayfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of the renowned Russian writer's best short work, including a masterful translation of the famous title story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNikolai Leskov is the strangest of the great Russian writers of the nineteenth century. His work is closer to the oral traditions of narrative than that of his contemporaries, and served as the inspiration for Walter Benjamin's great essay \"The Storyteller,\" in which Benjamin contrasts the plotty machinations of the modern novel with the strange, melancholy, but also worldly-wise yarns of an older, slower era that Leskov remained in touch with. The title story is a tale of illicit love and multiple murder that could easily find its way into a Scottish ballad and did go on to become the most popular of Dmitri Shostakovich's operas. The other stories, all but one newly translated, present the most focused and finely rendered collection of this indispensable writer currently available in English.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikolai Leskov\u003c\/b\u003e (1831-1895) was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. He began his literary career in the early 1860s with the publication of his short story The Extinguished Flame, the novellas \u003ci\u003eMusk-Ox \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Life of a Peasant Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and his novel \u003ci\u003eNo Way Out\u003c\/i\u003e. He is best known for his major works\u003ci\u003e Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral Clergy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Steel Flea\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many NYRB Classics, including \u003ci\u003eSoul\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Foundation Pit\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrey Platonov and \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e by Vasily Grossman. He lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Rayfield\u003c\/b\u003e is an emeritus professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London. He translated Nikolai Gogol's \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and Varlam Shalamov's \u003ci\u003eKolyma Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSketches of the Criminal World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769252938016,"sku":"9781681374901","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eb0c6684a4647e4525de54bb6ce4d674.webp?v=1780344389","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk-selected-stories-of-nikolai-leskov-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}