Drei satirische Fabeln
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Kataev, Valentin
Saltykov, Mikhail Evgrafovich
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1951
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Imagine my delight when I discovered that of the twenty-two fables by Shchedrin (as he is named there) in Fables (1941/76), the two I mentioned in my comment there are the very two translated into German here. Die idealistische Karausche presents a fundamental debate between two conflicting world-views, and gives a clear--and not very encouraging--resolution of their conflict. Der erzgescheite Gründling shows what a life without risk looks like, eventually even to the person who has refused risk. Katajew's Die Perle is a fascinating twist on the Gospel story of the pearl of great price. Karoline, a rare beauty, believes that she is growing a pearl under her flipper, and she gives her life to cultivating it. She passes up many opportunities because of this one source of riches until . . . .
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Insel-Verlag
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867 (Access ID)