Cynics
$23.64
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2026
Summary
The blistering 1928 Bolshevik satire, unpublishable in Russia until 1988—in a brand new translation.
“A love that cannot be throttled by the rubber tube of an enema bulb is immortal.”
Bookish and idealistic Vladimir is tormented with love for Olga; he brings her flowers when other men bring her flour and millet. Olga eventually agrees to marry him, as her building’s central heating will be out of service all winter and at least with two in the bed they’ll be warmer. When she d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241688540 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 024168854X |
| Author: | Anatoly Marienhof, Bryan Karetnyk |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 112mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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A sparky, dashing translation by Bryan Karetnyk… The comedy is sprightly and even silly […] but it takes a darker turn as the story progresses. It can’t end well — and it doesn’t — but Cynics delivers an awful lot of fun along the way – John Self * The Times *
About The Author
Anatoly Marienhof
Anatoly Marienhof
Anatoly Marienhof (1897-1962) was a poet, novelist, dramatist, and memoirist. Marienhof became a leading figure of the avant-garde Imaginist movement and was the author of the novels The Novel without Lies (1926) and Cynics (1928).
Bryan Karetnyk
Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include major works by Yuri Felsen, Gaito Gazdanov, and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.
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