Modern Russian Fables: 71 Short Russian Fables

Title

en_US Modern Russian Fables: 71 Short Russian Fables

Description

Tamara Moreton & Alan Moreton

Creator

en_US Moreton, Tamara See all items with this value

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:49Z

2021-08

en_US 2016

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:49Z

Date Issued

en_US 2016

Abstract

en_US The first pages describe what is offered here in various ways, including "fables," "puns," "double meanings," and "grooks." The latter are described as "Short aphoristic poems, witty and wise and warmly human" (3). A good example is "Injustice" (12), in which a healthy tooth laments that decayed teeth "are going all in gold." "Clay" on 17 has the clay rejoicing over every footprint, even though each disappears immediately. "Lovely, kind horse's hoof! I will forever keep its image in my heart…." Some stories seem to me wistful, as when brown curls in “Memory” (40) remember the man who caressed them in singular fashion but then died. They learned about his death through a letter, part of which is now twisted into a hair curler. Many of these stories seem to be rather soliloquies or single-agent stories, whereas fables love the encounter of two parties. “A Small Window Shutter” (41) seems to me more of a fable. The window shutter is attracted to the soccer ball until the soccer ball shatters the window shutter. And the next day the replacement shutter admires the soccer ball…. “The Eternal Twins” (62) makes a good finale to this book: “Taking fun as simply fun and earnest in earnest / Shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest.”

Identifier

en_US 12654 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138844

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Tortoise Publications

Subject

Krivin Felix Davidovich See all items with this value