{"product_id":"other-worlds-by-teffi","title":"Other Worlds by Teffi","description":"Author: Teffi (author), Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler (translators)\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781782275619\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magnificent edition of the works of a writer who deserves her seat at the top table of Russian authors' Sara Wheeler, Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterful stories of faith and superstition from a much-loved Russian author, in English for the first time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories conjure a vanished Russia, where Orthodox Christianity coexists with the shapeshifters and house spirits of ancient folk belief. Celebrated for the sublime wit and easy grace of her 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young girl, haunted by the sinister sound of a church bell, resolves to become first a brigand, then a saint. A reluctant participant on a mass pilgrimage to the Solovetsky Islands has a shatteringly profound experience. A recently married couple's relationship becomes strained as they each silently nurse the fear that their maid is a witch. By turns playful and profound, solemn and drily sceptical, these tales of other worlds precisely illuminate human desires, fears and failings.","brand":"Lit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53470448812345,"sku":"11856844","price":79.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/6871\/7369\/files\/11856844.jpg?v=1781596140","url":"https:\/\/shop.cziplee.com\/products\/other-worlds-by-teffi","provider":"CzipLee Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}