Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Saints, Spirits by Teffi princeton Why would a thinker

Why would a thinker

500 miles to Moscow and imprisoned in notorious jails

using the fascinating history of a nation to illuminate its future

The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister picks apart the ways political violence shapes everyone and everything it touches and depicts with extraordinary intimacy the singular and complicated bond between a brother and sister

These stories conjure a vanished Russia

Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Saints, Spirits by Teffi princeton Why would a thinkerThese stories conjure a vanished Russia, where Orthodox Christianity coexists with the shapeshifters and house spirits of ancient folk belief. Celebrated for her sublime wit and graceful style, Teffi here plumbs the darker aspects of psychology, infusing tales of domestic conflict with the occult spirituality that thrived in the country of her youth. A young girl, haunted by the sinister sound of a church bell, resolves to become first a brigand, then