| Russian Fairy Tales Contributor(s): Afanas'ev, Aleksandr (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394730909 ISBN-13: 9780394730905 Publisher: Pantheon Books OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1976 Annotation: Nearly 200 characteristic and colorful traditional folk and fairy tales are brought together in the only comprehensive edition available in English. Of the original 1945 edition, Eudora Welty wrote, "These Russian tales are rambunctious, full-blooded and temperamental. They are tense with action, magical and human, and move in a kind of cyclone of speed....These tales are gorgeous." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| LCCN: 2006271176 |
| Series: Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.85 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English introduces readers to universal fairy-tale figures and to such uniquely Russian characters such as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan Maiden, and the glorious Firebird. Beautifully illustrated, the more than 175 tales culled from a landmark multi-volume collection by the outstanding Russian ethnographer Aleksandr Afanas'ev reveal a rich, robust world of the imagination. Translated by Norbert GutermanIllustrated by Alexander Alexeieff With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library |