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Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints | Teffi
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Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Teffi was a writer of great range and human sympathy. The stories on otherworldly themes in this collection are some of her finest and most profound, displaying the acute psychological sensitivity beneath her characteristic wit and surface brilliance. Other Worlds presents stories from across the whole of Teffis long career, from her early days as a literary celebrity in Moscow to her post-Revolutionary years as an migr in Paris. In the early story A Quiet Backwater, a laundress gives a long disquisition on the name days of the flora and fauna and on the Feast of the Holy Ghost, a day on which no one dairnst disturb the earth. The story Wild Evening is about the fear of the unknown; The Kind That Walk, a penetrating study of antisemitism and of xenophobia; and Baba Yaga, about the archetypal Russian witch and her longing for wildness and freedom. Teffi traces the persistent influence of the ancient Slavic gods in superstitions and customs, and the deep connection of the supernatural to everyday life in the provinces. In Volya, the autobiographical final story, the power and pain of Baba Yaga is Teffis own.
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@ozma.of.oz #sundayfunday
1.Litsy and Goodreads.
2.Litsy on a practically...hourly basis?Goodreads every time I want to post a review.
3.Litsy-only about the books,not people trying to perform book reading.And the lovely,lovely people.Tagged book was a gift from the super kind @Barbara ,I loved it.
Sometimes on Goodreads I find that reviews are much better than critic reviews!
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4736821470

Vansa Also Netgalley and the wonderful Internet archive 2y
BookmarkTavern I love the variety of reviews on GoodReads! Thanks for answering! 💜 2y
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#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
💠The tagged immersive book,a collection of short stories about early 20th century Russia,the beliefs of the people and the uneasy coexistence of rationalism and strong folk beliefs and superstition.
💠Gorgeous physical book,a gift from the very kind @BarbaraBB !
💠5 definitely.
💠I read out to my husband,then I take a photo and share on Litsy!

BarbaraBB Happy you‘re enjoying it 🤍 2y
jlhammar I have that book. Can't wait to get to it! Sounds excellent. 2y
MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 📚☺️ 2y
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#Sundayfunday #Blameitonlitsy @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Reading this book right now, that @BarbaraBB kindly gifted me!! Excellent writing, immersive and deeply evocative of place and time.

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So incredibly excited to have received these gorgeous editions from the super generous and kind @BarbaraBB !! They're so beautiful, and thank you for very sweet postcard as well! This is going to be such a perfect weekend!! 😍😍😍😍

BarbaraBB I am very happy they made it safely (and fairly quick) to you and I hope you‘ll enjoy them! 🤍 3y
TrishB Lovely ❤️ 3y
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When I checked my mail just now I received my first selection from joining the NYRB club in March when they had a discount. Slightly disappointed that they didn't send March's selection as promised since I was really interested in it. *However* I am very happy with the April selection. I've been wanting to read Teffi for awhile. But I'm a bit confused as there was also an issue of NY Review of Books. Is that included with the membership?

vivastory I just spoke with their customer service & my questions have been answered. The March book, a Walser has already been shipped & the magazine was from a past subscription yrs ago when for some reason they thought it was a bad address? So I will apparently be receiving the NY Review for a few months 😂 3y
Leftcoastzen I call the NY review my even more temptation catalogue . Really behind on reading them. (edited) 3y
vivastory @Leftcoastzen I enjoyed it when I had it in the past 3y
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BarbaraBB That‘s too bad about the March selection, I‘ve been looking out for that one too. But like you I‘ll get over it. First It has to arrive here safely. Did you receive your Indiespensable too? 3y
vivastory @BarbaraBB I spoke with NYRB customer service yesterday bc I was curious about why I was receiving the NY Review magazine & they said that I will be receiving the Walser, so you should too! And yes, I did receive the Indiespensable & I *love* it. I really really love the slipcases. I already had a small collection & can't wait to add on (edited) 3y
cathysaid @vivastory @BarbaraBB I‘m curious to see what you think of Teffi. I‘ve tried a couple of times but keep getting distracted. Think I‘m going to need a quiet space for this one. 3y
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