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A Study of Alexander Pushkin's Prose Fiction
Though he is celebrated almost to the point of deification in Russia, Alexander Pushkin is among the less frequently read Russian writers in the West. Those who know Russian have explained that Pushkin is too hard to translate, that his peculiar charms are lost when the original words are traded for foreign equivalents. Paul Debreczeny has taken upon himself a double task, culminating in the publication in 1983 of his critical study of Pushkin’s prose and a separate, complete translation of Pushkin’s fictional writings, Alexander Pushkin: Complete Prose Fiction. Both books will make Pushkin more accessible to readers in the West, but it is the analysis of Pushkin’s prose offered in The Other Pushkin that should go further in reducing some of the mystery around Russia’s first national writer.
The Other Pushkin is an introduction in the best sense of the word; it assumes no familiarity with Russia or with Pushkin’s works, yet it never underestimates the intelligence of its audience. Arguments are not belabored, nor are they shrouded in the jargon of the initiated. It is Debreczeny’s goal to acquaint his readers with the plot, genesis, critical reception, and possible interpretation of each of Pushkin’s major prose works. He covers his material thoroughly and clearly and is not afraid to pose difficult questions. The works are presented in the order that Pushkin wrote them, so that a narrative about Pushkin’s...

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