Lidiya Chukovskaya's Sofia Petrovna
Publishing Details
Lidiya Chukovskaya's Sofia Petrovna
By (Author) Lidiya Chukovskaya
Edited by Olga Kagan
Edited by Mara Kashper
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
1st January 2001
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
891.7344
Physical Properties
161
Width 166mm, Height 242mm
341g
Description
Lidiya Chukovskaya's Sofia Petrovna is one of the most interesting novels in modern Russian literature. This edition is designed with a wide range of aids to provide access to contemporary students reading their first extended work of Russian literature. It includes the complete Russian text, notes, an introduction and exercises covering vocabulary and syntax that occur throughout the text to test student's comprehension and understanding, to facilitate discussion and writing projects, etc. A set of three audio CDs are also available, allowing students to listen to the Russian as well as to read it.
Author Bio
Olga Kagan is coordinator of the undergraduate of the Russian Program at UCLA. She is the author and co-author of numerous successful textbooks. Mara Kashper is the senior associate in Russian at Columbia University. A graduate of Leningrad State University, she is co-author of Lidiya Chukovskaya's "Sofia Petrovna" and "Reading and Speaking About Russian Newspapers" from Focus Publishing.
