Drei satirische Fabeln

Title

en_US Drei satirische Fabeln

en_US Insel-Bücherei Nr. 382

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Michail Saltykow-Schtschedrin and Valentin Katajew, translated by Horst Wolf

Creator

en_US Kataev, Valentin See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:22:52Z

en_US 1995-07

en_US 1951

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:22:52Z

Date Issued

en_US 1951

Abstract

en_US Imagine my delight when I discovered that of the twenty-two fables by Shchedrin (as he is named there) in Fables (1941/76), the two I mentioned in my comment there are the very two translated into German here. Die idealistische Karausche presents a fundamental debate between two conflicting world-views, and gives a clear--and not very encouraging--resolution of their conflict. Der erzgescheite Gründling shows what a life without risk looks like, eventually even to the person who has refused risk. Katajew's Die Perle is a fascinating twist on the Gospel story of the pearl of great price. Karoline, a rare beauty, believes that she is growing a pearl under her flipper, and she gives her life to cultivating it. She passes up many opportunities because of this one source of riches until . . . .

Identifier

en_US 867 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75657

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Insel-Verlag

en_US Leipzig

Subject

en_US PG3361.S3 D75 1951 See all items with this value

en_US Shchedrin See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole