Cover art for Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Plat
Published
Penguin Classics, January 2013
ISBN
9780141442235
Format
Softcover, 496 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 2.7cm

Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Plat by

Not in stock
Fast $7.95 flat-rate shipping!
Only pay $7.95 per order within Australia, including end-to-end parcel tracking.
100% encrypted and secure
We adhere to industry best practice and never store credit card details.
Talk to real people
Contact us seven days a week – our staff are here to help.

A unique and enchanting collection of Russian folk tales collected over the last two centuries

In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral tales, collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers- Alexander Pushkin, Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov.

Related books