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008			090729s2009 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2009029419
020			_a9780143114666 (pbk.)
020			_a0143114662 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)318411330
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dYDX _dBTCTA _dLIQ _dYDXCP _dWIQ _dGPI _dONU _dCDX _dDAD _dEDK _dBDX _dOCLCF
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049			_aTSAA
050	0	0	_aPG3485.E724 _bA2 2009
090	0	0	_aFIC PETRU
100	1		_aPetrushevskaia, Liudmilla. _9100505
240	1	0	_aShort stories. _lEnglish. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aThere once lived a woman who tried to kill her neighbor's baby : _bscary fairy tales / _cby Ludmilla Petrushevskaya ; selected and translated with an introduction by Keith Gessen and Anna Summers.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bPenguin Books, _c2009.
300			_axiii, 206 p. ; _c20 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Songs of the Eastern Slavs -- Arm -- Revenge -- Incident at Sokolniki -- Mother's farewell -- Allegories -- Hygiene -- New soul -- New Robinson Crusoes: a chronicle of the end of the twentieth century -- Miracle -- Requiems -- God Poseidon -- My love -- Fountain house -- Shadow life -- Two kingdoms -- There's someone in the house -- Fairy tales. Father -- Cabbage-patch mother -- Marilena's secret -- Old monk's testament -- Black coat.
520			_aMasterworks of economy and acuity, these brief, trenchant tales by Russian author and playwright Petrushevskaya, selected from her wide-ranging but little translated oeuvre over the past 30 years, offer an enticement to English readers to seek out more of her writing. The tales explore the inexplicable workings of fate, the supernatural, grief and madness, and range from adroit, straightforward narratives to bleak fantasy. Frequently on display are the decrepit values of the Soviet system, as in The New Family Robinson, where a family tries to outsmart everyone by relocating to a ramshackle cabin in the country. Domestic problems get powerful and tender treatment; in My Love, a long-suffering wife and mother triumphs over her husband's desire for another woman. Darker material dominates the last section of the book, with tortuous stories, heavy symbolism and outright weirdness leading to strange and unexpected places. Petrushevskaya's bold, no-nonsense portrayals find fresh, arresting expression in this excellent translation.
600	1	0	_aPetrushevskai︠a︡, Li︠u︡dmila _xTranslations into English. _9100506
600	1	7	_aPetrushevskaia, Li︠u︡dmila. _9100507
700	1		_aGessen, Keith. _9100509
700	1		_aSummers, Anna. _9100511
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