- Inhalt:
- Buoyantly translated into English for the first time by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse, this new entry in the Seedbank series is at once a vibrant retelling of the origin story of the Chukchi, a timely parable about the destructive power of human ego and anotherunforgettable work of fiction from Yuri Rytkheu, "arguably the foremost writer to emerge from the minority peoples of Russia's far north" (New York Review of Books)"--
- Yuri Rytkheu (1930â€"2008) was born in Uelen, a village in the Chukotka region of Siberia. He sailed the Bering Sea, worked on Arctic geological expeditions, and hunted in Arctic waters, in addition to writing over a dozen novels and collections of stories. The English translation of his book A Dream in Polar Fog was a Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize Notable Book in 2006. In the late 1950s, Rytkheu emerged not only as a great literary talent, but as the unique voice of a small national minorityâ€"the Chukchi people, a shrinking community residing in one of the most majestic and inhospitable environments on earth. Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse was born in Belarus and, together with her family, emigrated to the United States in 1989. She has translated the work of Dimitry Bortnikov, Sergey Gandlevsky, and Ilya Brazhnikov. Educated at Vassar College, Oxford University, and University College London, she now lives in London.
Titelinformationen
Titel: When the Whales Leave
Autor*in: Rytkheu, Yuri
Übersetzer*in: Chavasse, Ilona Yazhbin ; Yazhbin, Chavasse Ilona
Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
ISBN: 9781571317254
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage