Forbidden Laughter: Soviet Underground Jokes - Bilingual edition - Softcover

Draitser, Emil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494472554 ISBN 13: 9781494472559

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The first bilingual (English/Russian) sampling of authentic Soviet underground jokes--mostly political, but also ethnic, and at times erotic--published in the United States at the height of the Cold War. Illustrated.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"The funny side of Russia!" -- The New Leader

About the Author:

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, an author and scholar, Emil Draitser has published both fiction and nonfiction since 1964. His work appeared in leading Soviet journals (Youth, Literary Gazette, and Crocodile) under his pen name "Emil Abramov." He began his writing career as a freelancer contributing satirical articles for Soviet newspapers and magazines. Eventually, he was blacklisted for criticizing an important official, prompting him to leave for the United States. In 1975, He immigrated to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. in Russian literature from UCLA. In 1986, he took a job at Hunter College in New York City, where he continues to teach. Besides twelve books of artistic and scholarly prose, Emil Draitser's essays and short stories have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Partisan Review, North American Review, Prism International, and many other American and Canadian periodicals. His fiction has also appeared in Russian, Polish, and Israeli journals. Emil Draitser has given numerous public lectures and book talks at universities and cultural centers in the United States, Canada, UK, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1494472554
• ISBN 13: 9781494472559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94