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Genre/Form: | Audiobooks Fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Audio book, etc. |
Document Type: | Sound Recording |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev; Constance Garnett; Max Bollinger |
ISBN: | 9780956116567 0956116566 |
OCLC Number: | 657055323 |
Language Note: | Translated from Russian. |
Notes: | Compact disc. |
Credits: | Translator, Constance Garnett. |
Performer(s): | Narrator, Max Bollinger. |
Description: | 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
Contents: | Gander of the Steppes -- Injured creature -- Marriage of inconvenience -- Pretty pass -- Little nursling -- Flower garden -- Prisoner of the Garret -- Cherybay drops -- Back to the roots. |
Other Titles: | Mumu. |
Responsibility: | Ivan Turgenev. |
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Deeply intense story
Deeply intense story of Mumu, the dog and deaf mute Gerasim, whom one might suppose...
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Deeply intense story of Mumu, the dog and deaf mute Gerasim, whom one might suppose a serf transplanted from a country estate near Moscow where "he did the work of four men" to duties as courtyard porter of the Moscow's house of a recluse elderly female landowner, whom one might suppose a member of the Aristocracy. All is intimist and social critic tschekovian in tone, never overt. Gerasim is Russia, lost in a city in his peasant blouse among the "German coats" worn by domesticity and visitors to the town house. Philippe Felsenhardt (USA)
With great empathy for the human condition and his characters, Turgenev depicts a courtyard kept meticulously clean of weeds, dust and drunkards by Gerasim. After loosing a potential wife to a shoemaker through a marriage of convenience arranged by the landowner, Gerasim reports all his affection on his dog Mumu.
When Mumu rejects the unwanted attention of the insomniac and paranoiac old lady secluded in her second floor apartments, disaster strikes prompting Gerasim's return to his village and the eternal values of mother Russia, its land and its people. This audio book is beautifully presented. The narrator convincing and sincere in conveying the gentleness of Gerasim and yet his inalterable strenghth opposed to the cruelty and stupidity of the other members of the household. A short story but great in emotion and meaning that makes you want to read his other books. What a successful introduction to a great writer.
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