{"product_id":"the-talnikov-family-hardcover","title":"The Talnikov Family - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFiona Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAvdotya Panaeva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Talnikov household, violence is in the air. Natasha grows up in a chaotic and abusive family, surrounded by screaming relatives and scurrying cockroaches. Her father whips his children but dotes on his pets. Her aunts and governess take a grim satisfaction in doling out discipline--in between primping and preening for suitors. Amid this bleakness, Natasha and her siblings conspire to steal stray moments of childhood joy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvdotya Panaeva's \u003ci\u003eThe Talnikov Family\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a tumultuous upbringing in 1820s St. Petersburg with equal parts wit and rage. Modeled on the author's own life before her marriage to a nobleman writer, this sensational novel joined nineteenth-century Russia's intense debates about gender, sexuality, and revolution. It was swiftly suppressed after its original appearance in 1848, the censor calling it \"cynical\" and \"undermining of parental power.\" Panaeva published a number of iconic Russian writers; her own novel anticipates Dostoevsky's frenetic quarrels and heightened tone as well as Chernyshevsky's sweeping radicalism. Unlike many of her contemporaries, however, Panaeva considers the experiences of servants and workers, and she offers a critique of the family as ruthless as any other in literature. In Fiona Bell's vivid translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Talnikov Family\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a new perspective on nineteenth-century Russian literature and the society that shaped it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvdotya Panaeva (1820-1893) was a Russian novelist, memoirist, and contributor to the liberal and radical literary journal \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eLady of the Steppes\u003c\/i\u003e (1855), \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Lot\u003c\/i\u003e (1862), and, coauthored with Nikolai Nekrasov, \u003ci\u003eThree Countries of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (1848) and \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Lake\u003c\/i\u003e (1851). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiona Bell is a translator and scholar of Russophone literature. Her translations from the Russian include Nataliya Meshchaninova's \u003ci\u003eStories of a Life\u003c\/i\u003e and the short fiction of the contemporary Belarusian writer Tatsiana Zamirovskaya.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457152368818,"sku":"9780231213189","price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4dc9a29ff7618646b147ad2b46ffb579_24ba22a7-cae5-485d-b8b7-7b7e3950e9d4.webp?v=1778877207","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-talnikov-family-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}