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Reading Envy
Reading Envy 245: Looking Back at the Russian Novel

Reading Envy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022


At the end of March, a handful of us gathered to discuss what we had read for the Russian novel quarter of Reading Envy Russia. We also discuss the works we abandoned, some dips into Ukrainian literature, and talked more about what makes a novel quintessentially Russian. Thanks to all who joined in during this chat, in Goodreads, and in social media!Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 245: Looking Back at the Russian Novel  Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read Them by Elif BatumanThe Anna Karenina Fix by Viv GroskopDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa VolkhonskyA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, translated by Paul FooteThe Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Lisa C. HaydenLaurus by Eugene VodolazkinFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Mountain and the Wall by Alisa Ganieva, translated by Carol ApollonioThe Hall of the Singing Caryatids by Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew BromfieldWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo TolstoyPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovLolita by Vladimir NabokovInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceZuleikha by Guzel Yakhina, translated by Lisa C. HaydenI Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani PickhartBrisbane by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Marian SchwarzThe Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse WheelerLucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated by Eugene OstahevskyLife Went on Anyway: Stories by Oleg Sentsov, translated by Uilleam Blacker Other mentions:Ted ChiangKen LiuHanya Yanagihara"Men Who Explain Lolita to Me" by Rebecca Solnit on LitHub"Dead Soul" by Masha Gessen in Vanity FairSt. Michael's bells ringing in 2013Related episodes:Episode 237 - Reading Goals 2022Episode 241 - Feral Pigeons with LaurieEpisode 243 - Russian Novel Speed Date Stalk us online:Reading Envy Readers on Goodreads (home of Reading Envy Russia)Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. You can see the full collection for Reading Envy Russia 2022 on Bookshop.org.

Feeling Bookish
Post-Soviet Literature with Yelena Furman - Episode No. 29

Feeling Bookish

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 49:17


Our special guest is writer/scholar Yelena Furman, who guides us through the richness of today's Russian-language literature, with a particular look at women's literature both in Russia (and environs) and in the western diaspora. We talk about Elena Chizhova, Liudmila Petrushevskaia, Liudmila Ultskaia, Ksenia Buksha, Alisa Ganieva, Svetlana Alexievich, Olga Zilberbourg and more. Plus, the humor embedded in the Russian language and how Gary Shteyngart became the avatar of Russian-Jewish literature in America. For more Russian authors/titles, go here: https://puncturedlines.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/notable-books-russian-titles-in-english-translation-2009-2019/ Music attribution: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.

LittPod
A true story

LittPod

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2019 44:44


“It’s hard for an author to compete with reality, which is more absurd than anything you can imagine,” says Russian writer and critic Alisa Ganieva. Unlike most of her fellow authors, she writes consistently about contemporary Russia – particularly the north Caucasus, her own homeland. Her novels do not hesitate to address religious conflict, corruption and authoritarian Russian interpretations of history. Ganieva meets Ingunn Lunde, a professor of Russian, for a conversation on Russian literature, understanding history and how true literary fiction can be. The conversation will be in English

She's In Russia
49: Offended Sensibilites ft. Alisa Ganieva

She's In Russia

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 51:30


A conversation with award-winning author Alisa Ganieva about her upcoming neo-noir detective novel Offended Sensibilities and the formation of a new kind of past-focused patriotism in Russia. A reading of a chapter from the book, translated into English by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler. The translated text is published in the quarterly literary journal Apofenie. You can find it at https://www.apofenie.com/fiction/2018/5/1/an-excerpt-from-offended-sensibilities Follow Isaac: https://twitter.com/ThreeNamesTrans

Front Row
Nicola Benedetti, Winchester, Reading Europe: Russia

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 34:30


Nicola Benedetti has co-written a new cadenza for Beethoven's Violin Concerto. As she embarks on a tour with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, she talks to Kirsty Lang about the challenges of performing this classical masterpiece. Jason Solomons reviews Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built, which stars Helen Mirren in the first horror movie of her 50 year career and is set in the real life house that the Winchester gun heiress built to keep ghosts at bay.As part of Reading Europe Radio 4 is dramatising 'The Bride and Groom' , a novel by the award-winning Russian author Alisa Ganieva. Kirsty talks to Alisa about the contrasting picture of tradition and modernity she presents of Dagestan, her homeland in the Caucasus. Grigory Ryzhakov, author of a guide to modern Russian literature, gives us an overview of what Russians are reading both in terms of literary fiction and popular novels, from crime thrillers to the classics.Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Timothy Prosser.

She's In Russia
28: Reading Russian Rainbow

She's In Russia

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 50:00


Cozy up for story time. This week we bring you a reading of two texts translated from Russian -- a short story called "Thirteen" by Alisa Ganieva and an excerpt from a novel called "The Gardener is Gone" by Lena Eltang. The short story was translated by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and published in The Missing Slate. The novel is currently in the process (!) of being co-translated by Isaac and Reilly Costigan-Humes -- we're very grateful to the translators for the chance to get a sneak peek of their beautiful work and share it with our listeners. Theme Music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack Interlude: Taylar Elizza Beth Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

Free Word
Wordsmiths: Alisa Ganieva

Free Word

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016 5:11


Alisa Ganieva, a Russian writer and journalist, talked to us about some of her favourite English words.

Free Word
Alisa Ganieva: Challenging the Russian Narrative

Free Word

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2016 60:46


On 14 April 2016, Russian writer and journalist, Alisa Ganieva, spoke at Free Word Centre on Russian ethnic tensions, gender roles and the current state of Russia. Ganieva was in conversation with Imtiaz Dharker, a poet, artist and documentary filmmaker, and the event was chaired by BBC journalist Kirsty Lang. This event was part of our series, 'Unravelling Europe': https://www.freewordcentre.com/projects/unravelling-europe

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