| Dermo!: The Real Russian Tolstoy Never Used Contributor(s): Topol, Edward (Author), Wolfson, Laura E. (Translator), Brandt, Kim Wilson (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0452277450 ISBN-13: 9780452277458 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Language: Russian Published: August 1997 Annotation: Not even Tolstoy would dare use the eyebrow-raising Russian you'll find in this wickedly humorous language guide by one of Russia's bestselling novelists today. Whether you're traveling to Russia for the first time or you are a student of the language, this indispensable book is your entree to the real and new Russian that has never been taught. You'll be armored with triple-decker curses and insults, endearments and expressions for situations ranging from high-level business meetings to cocktail parties to sexual encounters. Filled with words, idioms, and vulgarisms you won't learn in a classroom, plus twenty hilarious line drawings and a complete index to vital expletives, Dermo! will provide you with the uncensored answers to the questions you always wanted to know...but no translator would ever tell you! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Russian - Humor |
| Dewey: 491.732 |
| LCCN: 97012742 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.4" W x 8.04" (0.31 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Not even Tolstoy would dare use the eyebrow-raising Russian you'll find in this wickedly humorous language guide by one of Russia's bestselling novelists today. Whether you're traveling to Russia for the first time or you are a student of the language, this indispensable book is your entree to the real and new Russian that has never been taught. You'll be armored with triple-decker curses and insults, endearments and expressions for situations ranging from high-level business meetings to cocktail parties to sexual encounters. Filled with words, idioms, and vulgarisms you won't learn in a classroom, plus twenty hilarious line drawings and a complete index to vital expletives, Dermo will provide you with the uncensored answers to the questions you always wanted to know... but no translator would ever tell you |