What the emperor cannot do : tales and legends of the Orient / Vlas Doroshevich ; translated by Rowen Glie (in collaboration with Ronald M. Landau) and John Dewey
- Author:
- Doroshevich, V. M. (Vlas Mikhaĭlovich), 1864-1922 and Дорошевич, В. М. (Влас Михайлович), 1864-1922
- Uniform Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Published:
- Moscow : Glas, [2012]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2012
- Physical Description:
- 174 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Glie, Rowen, Landau, Ronald M., and Dewey, John, 1942-
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Chinese Tales -- What the Emperor Cannot Do -- The Emperor's First Outing -- Rain -- Rewards -- Not the Right Heels -- Conscience -- The Good Emperor -- Chinese Jurisprudence -- The Fulfilment of Wishes -- On the Value of Learning -- A Story about One Wet Nurse -- Magic Mirror -- The White Devil -- Arabian & Other Tales -- A Fairytale about a Fairytale -- Truth -- 2 x 2 = 4 1/2 -- The Caliph and the Dancing Girl -- How Hassan Lost His Pants -- Man -- Without Allah -- Truth and Falsehood -- The Green Bird -- The Portrait of Moses -- The Birth of Jesus -- The Legend of the Invention Of Gunpowder -- Indian Tales -- Statistics -- Reform -- The Dream of a Hindu.
- Summary:
- Styled as Oriental tales, these parables are unexpected, exciting, colorful, and tremendously readable. Vlas Doroshevich could not stand tyranny in any form and in his tales he availed himself of complete freedom to mock, to despise, and to accuse the authorities for their wickedness, hypocrisy, and stupidity. These tales could be written by and for rebellious "anti-establishment" youth of today. Doroshevich's works were often banned during the tsarist times and then finally banned completely under the Bolsheviks. This great Russian writer, who was a friend of Anton Chekhov, is only now being resurrected from oblivion. This is the first English translation of his tales.--Publisher's description.
- ISBN:
- 9785717200943
5717200943
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