Urban romances & other stories
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Contributions
- Luker, Nicholas J. L. - Contributor
- Kern, Gary. - Contributor
Publication
1994 - Ardis, Ann Arbor, Mich, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
39,750 words, Guess
Page Count
159 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1103159M
- ISBN-100875010628
- OCLC Control Number30701005
- Library of Congress Control Number94028141
- LibraryThing1582586
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- Goodreads992145
Classifications
- DDC891.73/44
- LCCPG3483.3.I47 O813 1994
Alternate Titles
- Urban romances and other stories
Description
Yury Miloslavsky is one of the most highly regarded writers in today's Russia, despite the fact that his major works were written in emigration. The brilliantly written stories in this, his first collection in English, focus on a world that has changed little even during this period of Russian gangster capitalism, the world of the Russian urban underclass. Miloslavsky's remarkable combination of the profane slang of the young street toughs fused with intensely compact literary language is used to show the horror and ugliness, but also the comedy and beauty of his heroes, whose lives have seldom been recorded with this much understanding, respect, and compassion. These are seemingly unredeemable characters, petty criminals, prostitutes, alcoholics, and hooligans, but there is a code they live and die by, and the author's aim is to make us see and understand them without judgement.
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