Description
Book SynopsisAlexei Remizov was one of the greatest writers of the Russian Symbolist movement. In the thirteen stories collected in this volume, his exceptional stylistic achievements are on full display.
The Little Devil and Other Stories includes works from across Remizov’s career encompassing his thematic preoccupations and stylistic experimentation.
Trade ReviewThe
Little Devil and Other Stories offers a dazzling range of the little-known symbolist writer’s work. The beautiful translation by Antonina W. Bouis captures the nuances of every selection, including the tour de force—Bouis’s sensitive rendering of “Princess Mymra.” A book for fans of Remizov and readers discovering him. -- Anna Vassilieva, translator of
The Road to HomeAntonina Bouis gives a generous selection of the shorter prose of Alexei Remizov, a leading exponent of modernist fiction in Russia, whose work has remained largely inaccessible to readers in English-speaking countries. The translator is to be congratulated on the clarity with which she has rendered into English the stories of this most Russian of Russian writers. -- Roger Keys, cotranslator of
Sisters of the CrossIn the stories there are connivers, inseparable lovers, destiny, the will of human beings, the confusion of fate, death, long cold winters, shoemakers, the revolution, peasants, and a long suffering grandmother . . . The stories are rich, the writing is beautiful and certainly there is an audience for it. * Book Stalker *
I was in awe of Remizov's boundless imagination, his elaborate set-pieces, and his dazzling imagery. -- Ian Mond * Locus Magazine *
Includes fascinating reworkings of classic Russian fairy tales, as well as semi-autobiographical and historical pieces interwoven with necromancy and magical realism. * Locus Magazine, New & Notable Books Selection *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Bebka
2. Petushok the Cockerel
3. The Sacrifice
4. The Little Devil
5. The Profaner
6. Princess Mymra
7. Panna Maria
8. The Kind Guard
9. The Venerable Lis
10. Martin Zadeka
11. Savva Grudtsyn
12. About Pyotr and Fevronia of Murom
13. Grigory and Ksenia
