{"product_id":"9781933633732","title":"Tales of Belkin","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePushkin, Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelville House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIvan Petrovich Belkin left behind a great number of manuscripts.... Most of them, as Ivan Petrovich told me, were true stories heard from various people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published anonymously in 1830, Alexander Pushkin’s \u003ci\u003eTales of Belkin\u003c\/i\u003e contains his  first prose works.  It is comprised of an introductory  note and five linked stories, ostensibly  collected by the scholar Ivan  Belkin.  The stories center variously around military figures, the  wealthy, and businessmen; this beautiful novella gives a vivid portrait  of nineteenth century Russian life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has become, as well, one of the most beloved books in Russian  literary history, and symbolic of the popularity of the novella  form in  Russia. In fact, it has become the  namesake for Russia’s most  prestigious annual literary prize, the Belkin Prize, given each year to a  book voted by judges to be the best  novella of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is presented here in a sparkling new  translation by Josh Billings. \u003ci\u003eTales of Belkin\u003c\/i\u003e also highlights the nature of our ongoing Art of the Novella  Series—that is, that it specializes in important although albeit  lesser-known works by major writers, often in new tranlsations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Art of The Novella Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eToo short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374230929663,"sku":"9781933633732","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781933633732_s600x595.jpg?v=1782319065","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781933633732","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}