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Vsevolod Benigsen’s “Movsar and the Terrorists”

mbs — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:40:21 +0000

The fine literary journal Subtropics has accepted my translation of Vsevolod Benigsen’s “Movsar and the Terrorists,” for publication. The story appeared in Benigsen’s 2011 collection, Pzkhfchshch!

Andrei Gelasimov’s “The Lying Year”

mbs — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:50:59 +0000

In 2012, AmazonCrossing will be publishing my second translation of a novel by Andrei Gelasimov, “The Lying Year,” a story told from two points of view—Mikhail, whose boss has asked him to spy on his son Sergei, and Sergei, the son. In this turbulent parody, lying is the default mode.

St. Petersburg Noir

mbs — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:39:41 +0000

Akashic Books is publishing another one of its great anthologies of noir stories from Russia, this time for St. Petersburg. I’ll have translations in it of stories by Lena Eltang, Andrei Rubanov, Mikhail Kudriavtsev, and Anna Solovey.

Mikhail Shishkin’s Maidenhair

mbs — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:54:04 +0000

Shishkin has won both the National Big Book Prize (2006) and National Bestseller Prize (2005) for Maidenhair, which I am now translating for Open Letter, with publication slated for 2012. The book has also won prizes in France, Italy, and China. My favorite review of the original Russian text comes from Yana Sokolova, “Chitalny zal”: “An unusual novel. Probably, genius.”

Yuzefovich, “Cranes and Pygmies”

mbs — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:50:24 +0000

Yuzefovich’s latest novel, Cranes and Pygmies, has won Russia’s Big Book award and been nominated for the National Bestseller prize. To read my sample translation, click here. For a full proposal, contact the Elena Kostioukovitch agency (rights@elkost.com).

Olga Slavnikova’s Train Stories

mbs — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:45:18 +0000

A series of twelve stories written for the Russian Railroads glossy in-train magazine, now published in Russian as Love in Train Car No. 7. Already published: “Love in Train Car No. 7″ (Chtenia/Readings 05 Winter 2009), “Substance” (Subtropics, no. 7, Winter-Spring 2009). Circulating: “Recluse,” “Russian Bullet.” Circulating: “The Cherepanova Sisters,” the Russian original of which won the 2009 Yuri Kabakov Prize for Best Short Story.

Leonid Yuzefovich, Harlequin’s Costume

mbs — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:19:05 +0000

Harlequin’s Costume, the first volume in Leonid Yuzefovich’s popular historical detective trilogy set in St. Petersburg and based on the real life Chief Inspector Putilin. The successful Russian TV mini-series, “Detective Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin,” was based on this trilogy. The manuscript is complete. Not yet under contract.