The Sweet-Scented Name, and Other Fairy Tales, Fables, and Stories (Short Story Index Reprint Series)

by Fyodor Sologub

English, Russian (translation)

Genres: Russia

239 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1915

About the author

Fyodor Sologub (Russian: Фёдор Сологуб, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Russian: Фёдор Кузьмич Тетерников; 1 March 1863 – 5 December 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright and essayist. He was the first writer to introduce the morbid, pessimistic elements characteristic of European fin de siècle literature and philosophy into Russian prose.

Reviews

[Gerry LaFemina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chock full of wild moments, I was expecting a bit more prose poetry in this; some of the stories feel too long--as if Sologub's imagination can't sustain the narrative--but as fantastic fables, they're delightful.