Leskov Nikolai. Enchanted Wanderer & Other Stories

Knopf, 2013.
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
Knopf, 2013.
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
The seventeen classic stories in this new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsy are visionary and fantastic, and yet always grounded in reality, an uneasy synthesis of Orthodoxy and Old Believers, peopled by outsized characters that include serfs, princes, military officers, Gypsy girls, wayward monks, horse dealers, nomadic Tartars, and, above all, the ubiquitous figure of the garrulous, enthralling, not entirely trustworthy storyteller.
NIKOLAI LESKOV (1831-1895) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, and held in high esteem by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others, Leskov is credited with creating a comprehensive picture of contemporary Russian society. His short stories exploded the prevailing traditions of 19th-century Russian fiction and paved the way for such famous literary successors as Mikhail Bulgakov.
It is the great gift of this new translation that it allows us to hear the many vibrant voices of Leskov’s singular art. (The Goodreads Review).The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
The Sealed Angel.
The Enchanted Wanderer.
Singlemind.
The Devil-Chase.
Deathless Golovan.
The White Eagle.
A Flaming Patriot.
Lefty.
The Spirit of Madame de Genlis.
The Toupee Artist.
A Voice of Nature.
A little Mistake.
The Pearl Necklace.
The Spook.
The Man on Watch.
A Robbery.