Description
Bera and Cucumber is a series of eight linked short stories. The links between them are manifold and include emigration to Israel and elsewhere, the Old Testament, and the sea. However, by far the main connection is the cosmopolitan city of Odesa, specifically the Jewish quarter, with its many and varied inhabitants and their professions, both legal and illicit. There are also many references to the famous landmarks of the city, as well as its trams, shops and suburbs.
The language of these stories, which are here translated into English for the first time, mixes Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish, Hebrew and the unique Odesa dialect. In the title story Korotko even invents a language, possibly to represent what the latter sounds like to a non-Odesite.
Author: Alexander Korotko
Publisher: Glagoslav Publications B.V.
Published: 09/20/2023
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781804840962
ISBN10: 1804840963
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Humorous | General