The Gypsies: And Other Narrative Poems

Pushkin, Alexander

ISBN 10: 1567922724 / ISBN 13: 9781567922721

Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 2005

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Title: The Gypsies: And Other Narrative Poems

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: hardcover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Five of Alexander Pushkin’s finest narrative poems in English translation.

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799―1837) is widely considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. This collection brings his best narrarive poems to English readers.

“The Gypsies” tells the anti-Romantic tale of an effete city-dweller whose search for "unspoiled" values among a band of gypsies ends in tragedy. “The Bridegroom” is a whodunnit filled with sexual dread and subconscious terror. “Count Nulin,” a deliciously comic tale of country life. “The Tale of the Dead Princess” is Pushkin's version of the Snow White story while the eerie “Tale of the Golden Cockerel” is inspired by his bitter experience with Tsar Nicholas I.

Classics of world literature, Pushkin’s work continues to provide enormous reading pleasure.

About the Author:

Antony Wood is publisher of Angel Books, London. His previous translations of Pushkin's poetry include Mozart and Salieri: The Little Tragedies, Boris Godunov, and a number of lyric poems. He was awarded a Pushkin Medal by the Russian government in 1999, the bicentenary year of Pushkin's birth.

Simon Brett has been making wood engravings since 1961. His prints, bookplates, and book illustrations are among the finest of the present time, and he writes frequently on the history, practice, and current condition of the engraver's art.