ReadRussia2023

Celebrating Russian literature and culture #ReadRussia

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Roadside, opposite St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

[John Steed @JohnSte40163279]

Now on Channel 4 On Demand: This eloquent, lucid documentary by André Singer (executive producer of the award-winning The Act of Killing) tells the extraordinary story of the filming of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.

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Biely lox

[Peter B. Kaufman @pbkauf]

Pasternakattack

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Extraordinary — and in an extraordinary translation.

[Charles Watkinson (he/him/his) @charleswatkinso]

Kudos to @CEUPress @ProjectMUSE for making some core titles for understanding the Ukraine crisis free-to-read online. When we need to understand beyond the headlines, @aupresses is there to help: https://t.co/xvikOwm8vG

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Ukraine’s civilians.
https://t.co/WLi0H4Bc8j via @nytvideo

[Peter B. Kaufman @pbkauf]

Mentors We Miss Department. Jim Billington. The closest to a sage I've ever come.

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

Now available, COUNTRIES THAT DON'T EXIST showcases a selection of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s exceptional nonfiction, which spans a dizzying range of genres and voices. https://t.co/OVnj2RkNEu @ReadRussia2022 @RusLibrary #RussianLiterature #Krzhizhanovsky #TranslationTuesday

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The Russian Library @ColumbiaUP hits 25 titles! Bravo!! https://t.co/KzXgMOPn7U @RusLibrary #Russia #literature #Russianliterature #readthesenow

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For those looking to close out the year on a high note (and who is not, really?), please enjoy @Muireann Maguire's co-edited READING BACKWARDS, which is available in an open-access edition, to boot: https://t.co/d7VJ6RZKrw "This book," writes Pierre Bayard, "restores the truth."

[Bryan Karetnyk @Bryan_S_K]

“Future Keyboards”: My brief review of a major new translation, Jonathan Stone’s latest Andrei Bely offering, The Symphonies, in this week’s @TheTLS https://t.co/p9PbVfu22L

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Portrait of Dostoyevsky, 1847.
https://t.co/1XPtXMrhxu

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

THE SYMPHONIES is "a tremendous achievement, and I hope lots of people take advantage of Columbia’s offering of something beyond the usual dozen classics that get translated every other year." https://t.co/zjJ33tUT2X @ReadRussia2021 @RusLibrary #AndreiBely #Translation

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

"In the history of Russian letters, Avvakum stands out as one of the earliest inventors of the literature of the individual." Read the full review of THE LIFE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF in @TheTLS to celebrate #ASEEES21! https://t.co/nOlXoXCFcW @aseeestudies @ReadRussia2021 @RusLibrary

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Translation, taken littorally. The CHATHAM TRANSLATION WORKSHOP, 2021: a report from shore.
https://t.co/rU85Sh9IPn

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

"[A] thought-provoking collection...Readers interested in the crossover between art and philosophy will be rewarded. #Read the full review of COUNTRIES THAT DON'T EXIST in @PublishersWkly today! https://t.co/IyqOtfyb1R @ReadRussia2021 @RusLibrary #RussianLiterature #Translation

[Mark Krotov @markkrotov]

Sorokin and @maxdaniellawton in the New Yorker! We love to see it

[Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft]

Boris at a reading

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@BorisDralyuk We see what you did there.