Glas New Russian Writing |
THE BEST OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND AUTHORS' NOTES |
| Glas 1: Revolution (the 1920s and 1980s) |
| Glas 2: Soviet Grotesque (young people's rebellion against the establishment) |
| Glas 3: Women's View (Russian woman bloodied but unbowed |
| Glas 4: Love and Fear (the two strongest emotions dominating Russian life) |
| Glas 5: Bulgakov & Mandelstam (earlier autobiographical stories) |
| Glas 6: Jews & Strangers (what it means to be a Jew in Russia) |
| Glas 7: Booker Winners & Others (mostly provincial writers) |
| Glas 8: Love Russian Style (Russia tries decadence) |
| Glas 9: The Scared Generation (the grim background of today's ruling class) |
| Glas 10: Booker Winners & Others-II |
| Glas 11: Captives (victors turn out to be captives on conquered territory) |
| Glas 12: From Three Worlds (new Ukrainian writing) |
| Glas 13: A Will & a Way (new women's writing) |
| Glas 14: Beyod the Looking-Glas (Russian grotesque revisited) |
| Glas 15: Peter Aleshkovsky, Skunk: A Life, a novel (in press) |
| Glas 16: Childhood. Zip & Other Stories |
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"Glas has become almost disturbingly indispensible.
The texts and voices out of Russia come through with formidable
insistence.
More now than ever before precisely because hopes on their native grounds
are again precarious." -- George Steiner |
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"I was delighted to read GLAS. It is clear that there is a great deal
of literary talent in Russia today, and the
excellent selection which my copy of GLAS contains promises well for its
future. I shall certainly continue to read it with great
interest." -- Sir Isaiah Berlin |
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"The writing in Glas offers startling evidence that the great Russian
literary tradition lives on." -- American Bookseller |
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"GLAS gives us a sense of Russian literature in motion.
If it cannot perhaps mercifully convey fully what it is like
to live in Russia at present, GLAS at least gives us a taste
of what it is to be a reader there." -- Times Literary Supplement |
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"Russia remains a country of distinguished writers, and Glas series,
presenting Russian writing in English translation,
provides a welcome overview of the current state of Russian literary
affairs." -- Montreal Gazette |
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"GLAS, daughter of glasnost, seems likely to make
a significant contribution to the restoration of readers' faith in the
editorial independence of contemporary journals.
If you cannot find Glas in the shops, ask for it. This journal deserves
wide distribution." -- Irish Times |
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"Glas is a first-rate magazine, well planned and very well translated.
Anyone interested in Russia and good writing should seek it out." -- London Observer |
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"Thanks to Glas many of the new Russian writers are now available to
the Western reader." -- The New Yorker |
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"The standard of writing in GLAS is high and the translations read
unusually well." -- The Independent on Sunday |
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"Nobody who purports to be interested in Russian literature, but
prefers to read it in English, should be without Glas." -- The Moscow Times |
Glas editorial offices:
Natasha Perova
P.O. Box 47
Moscow 119517 Russia.
Tel/fax: 7(095Glas441 9157
perova@glas.msk.su
Arch Tait
Dept of Russian Literature
Birmingham University, B15 2TT, UK
Tel/fax: +44-121-414 6047
a.l.tait@bham.ac.uk
EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION:
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Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4PS, UK
Tel:+44 161 161 834 8767
Fax: +44 161 834 8656
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USA and CANADA DISTRIBUTION:
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Tel: 1-312-787 6262
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Another page about Glas from one of the translators.
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