Present Imperfect
Subtitle: Stories by Russian Women
Contributors: Ayesha Kagal (Editor); Natasha Perova (Editor); Helena Goscilo (Introduction)
Publisher: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
Published: June 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780813326757
Subjects: Modern fiction; Short stories; Sociology; General; Slavic (Language) Contemporary Fiction; Women authors; Fiction; Fiction - General; Short stories, Russian; Russian & Former Soviet Union; 20th century; Translations into English; Anthologies (multiple authors); Russian fiction
Description: The selections in this anthology overturn Soviet-era taboos with a vengeance. First published in the aftermath of Mikhail Gorbachev's liberalizing reforms, these stories revel in the commonalities of human experience even as they reassert a peculiarly Russian belief in the spiritual, mystical, and supernatural. They satirize Soviet literary canons while exploring a full gamut of styles, from neorealism to magico-folkloric fantasy.

Included are works by well-known pioneers of the "new women's prose" as well as by less familiar talents.