The stories are not neatly rounded off into consequential and purposive stories. The incidents follow almost haphazard; and at the end, the persons mentioned at the beginning may be forgotten; the stories are often almost as casual as real life. The stories relate experiences in succession, attempt no judgment, do not even affirm their own credibility. Things simply happen; our exertions may sometimes be good; we can only be quietly resigned. But, unlike the Arabian Nights, there is no positive fatalism; for that would imply a judgment; a warping of facts to suit a theory. These stories have been translated direct from the Russian of Afanasev; the selection is intended to represent, as completely as possible, the varieties of Russian folk-tale. As far as an analytic language, like modern English, can render so highly inflected a tongue as Russian, the translator has tried to keep strictly to the style and diction of the originals, which are the undoctored traditional stories.
| Leidėjas: | University Press of the Pacific |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2004 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 368 |
| ISBN-10: | 1410212106 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781410212108 |
| Formatas: | 203 x 127 x 22 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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