Aetherial worlds : stories
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Migdal, Anya, translator.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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Green Hills - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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Book
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vii, 241 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English

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"Borzoi book."
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From one of modern Russia's finest writers, a spellbinding collection of eighteen stories, her first to be translated into English in more than twenty years. Ordinary realities and yearnings to transcend them lead to miraculous other worlds in this dazzling collection of stories. A woman's deceased father appears in her dreams with clues about the afterlife; a Russian professor in a small American town constructs elaborate fantasies during her cigarette break; a man falls in love with a marble statue as his marriage falls apart; a child glimpses heaven through a stained-glass window. With the emotional insight of Chekhov, the surreal satire of Gogol, and a unique blend of humor and poetry all her own, Tolstaya transmutes the quotidian into aetherial alternatives. These tales, about politics, identity, love, and loss, cut to the core of the Russian psyche, even as they lay bare human universals. Tolstaya's characters--seekers all--are daydreaming children, lonely adults, dislocated foreigners in unfamiliar lands. Whether contemplating the strategic complexities of delivering telegrams in Leningrad or the meditative melancholy of holiday aspic, vibrant inner lives and the grim elements of existence are registered in equally sharp detail in a starkly bleak but sympathetic vision of life on earth. A unique collection from one of the first women in years to rank among Russia's most important writers.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tolstai͡a, T., & Migdal, A. (2018). Aetherial worlds: stories . Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tolstai͡a, Tatʹi͡ana, 1951 May 3- and Anya, Migdal. 2018. Aetherial Worlds: Stories. Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tolstai͡a, Tatʹi͡ana, 1951 May 3- and Anya, Migdal. Aetherial Worlds: Stories Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tolstai͡a, Tatʹi͡ana, and Anya Migdal. Aetherial Worlds: Stories Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

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