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Forbidden Laughter: Soviet Underground Jokes - Bilingual edition

Forbidden Laughter: Soviet Underground Jokes - Bilingual edition - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Emil DraitserPublish date:2014-01-12Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781494472559ISBN-10:1494472554UPC:9781494472559Book Category:HumorBook Subcategory:FormBook Topic:Jokes & RiddlesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCFKGKH85S
The first bilingual (English/Russian) sampling of authentic Soviet underground jokes--mostly political, but also ethnic, and at times erotic--published in the United States at the height of the Cold War. Illustrated.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781494472559ISBN-10:1494472554UPC:9781494472559Book Category:HumorBook Subcategory:FormBook Topic:Jokes & RiddlesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCFKGKH85S
Born in Odessa, Ukraine, an author and scholar, Emil Draitser has published both fiction and nonfiction since 1964. His work appeared in leading Soviet journals (Youth, Literary Gazette, and Crocodile) under his pen name "Emil Abramov." He began his writing career as a freelancer contributing satirical articles for Soviet newspapers and magazines. Eventually, he was blacklisted for criticizing an important official, prompting him to leave for the United States. In 1975, He immigrated to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. in Russian literature from UCLA. In 1986, he took a job at Hunter College in New York City, where he continues to teach. Besides twelve books of artistic and scholarly prose, Emil Draitser's essays and short stories have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Partisan Review, North American Review, Prism International, and many other American and Canadian periodicals. His fiction has also appeared in Russian, Polish, and Israeli journals. Emil Draitser has given numerous public lectures and book talks at universities and cultural centers in the United States, Canada, UK, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia.
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