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La Princesse Lointaine (The Princess Far-Away) by Edmond Rostand
I just finished reading La Princesse Lointaine (The Princess Far-Away) by Edmond Rostand (translated by Charles Renauld), first published in 1895, and I loved it. I stumbled across this play and went into it knowing practically nothing about the play or the author. It’s superbly crafted and I was drawn into it almost immediately. Rostand…
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Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin
Here is a book jot from 2022 (I’m getting close, I think, to being caught up with posting these older book jots)… I just finished reading Boris Godunov (1831) by Alexander Pushkin, translated by James E. Falen. This has been described as a “tragicomedy of history,” and is a play of more than twenty scenes…
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My Apprenticeship by Maxim Gorky
I just finished reading My Apprenticeship (translated by Margaret Wettlin and Hellen Altschuler) and originally published in 1916. This is the second part of an autobiographical trilogy. The title is sometimes translated into English as Amid Attendants and In the World This book was a wonderful reading experience. Gorky puts you inside the head of a…