Item
Der Bär als Statthalter: Satirische Fabeln aus dem alten Russland
- Title
- en_US Der Bär als Statthalter: Satirische Fabeln aus dem alten Russland
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
- en_US Language note: German
- en_US Michail J. Saltykow
- Creator
- en_US Dalitz, Günter See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Klemke, Werner
- Date
- 2016-01-25T20:11:53Z
- en_US 2006-08
- en_US 1966
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T20:11:53Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1966
- Abstract
- en_US This book brings together fourteen of Sakltykow-Shchedrin's fables. These are of course longer than traditional fables and are heavily sarcastic of Russian government. I read one again this time and enjoyed it. It is the first of his three bear fables mentioned in the book's title. Major Petz the First is sent into the forest to conquer the inner enemy and his own plan to do so is to shed a great deal of blood, but he makes the mistake of getting drunk first. In his stupor he kills a small finch. Everybody hears about it, and this report destroys his reputation. Other pieces I already know here include The Idealistic Carp, a fundamental debate between two conflicting world-views. The Really Smart Minnow shows what a life without risk looks like, eventually even to the person who has refused risk. The Deceitful Newsmonger and the Credulous Reader spreads its criticism liberally on both sides of the title's relationship. Though the reader ends up an unfortunate victim, the newsmonger still wonders whether the best way to cheat the reader is to tell him the truth or to tell him lies. Each story gets a half-page illustration, several of which are both insightful and engaging.
- Identifier
- en_US 7836 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US ger
- Publisher
- en_US Droste Verlag
- en_US Düsseldorf
- Subject
- en_US PG3361.S3 B37 1966 See all items with this value
- en_US Michail J. Saltykow See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books