{"product_id":"9781350242142","title":"Why We (Still) Need Russian Literature: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Others","description":"Author: Brintlinger, Angela\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350242142\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 Mar 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 136 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor nearly two centuries readers all over the world have turned to the great canon of Russian literature. Love and death, war and peace, yes, even crime and punishment; readers across the globe have found in Russian writing a substantial measure of intellectual provocation, aesthetic pleasure, emotional resonance, and personal solace. \u003ci\u003eWhy We (Still) Need Russian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e explores the familiar names of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov to connect readers with these experiences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With a lively, jargon-free style and insightful analyses of thought-provoking texts, this concise volume helps you to understand more fully the pleasure to be found in reading, and re-reading. By identifying what readers seek and find in Russian books   from aesthetically pleasing descriptions to apt psychological renderings   Angela Brintlinger aims to enhance the gratification of reading, giving armchair travelers an excuse to embark on a series of fascinating journeys.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on Brintlinger's experiences as a scholar, teacher, and reader of literature, the book is informed by a deep cultural understanding of Russia and Russians. It reveals this through engaging literary meditations that connect Russian literature to the losses, ironies, and ambiguities that define the human condition. Exploring authors' imagined readers as well as authors themselves, Brintlinger argues that it is these readers, from all over the world, who get to decide what literary works are worth reading. As a bonus, she offers an appendix with more names and titles, familiar and perhaps utterly new   books that show the ways in which Russian literature remains vital today.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636896583838,"sku":"UBD-9781350242142","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350242142.jpg?v=1774399081","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350242142","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}