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Valentin Kataev (1897–1986)

Author of Time, Forward!

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Kataev was a popular novelist during the 1920s, creating comical, parodic works. He wrote an outstanding comic novel, The Embezzlers (1927), aiming his wit at corrupt Soviet officials and an excellent satiric play about the housing shortage, Squaring the Circle (1928). In 1932, he published Time show more Forward!, a classic novel of socialist realism, about the construction of a metallurgical plant. Overall, Kataev survived the Stalin years with a minimum of compromise, yet with a fully active professional life. During the 1960s and 1970s, he experimented with semiautobiographical works, playing with time and memory, and paying homage to the many vanished figures of Russian culture. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Valentin Kataev

Time, Forward! (1932) 55 copies
A White Sail Gleams (1937) 42 copies
The Embezzlers (1929) 31 copies
The Grass of Oblivion (1967) — Author — 27 copies
Rainbow-flower (1960) 10 copies
Kubik (1972) 9 copies
Squaring the Circle (1936) 8 copies
The Cottage in the Steppe (1957) 8 copies
The Holy Well (1967) 6 copies
Kladbische v Skulyanakh (1982) 2 copies
Rust a la Russe 2 copies
Im Sturmschritt vorwärts (1947) 2 copies
Syn pluku 1 copy
Svindlerne 1 copy
Almaznyy moy venets (2019) 1 copy
The Knives 1 copy
Das Erdbeermännchen (1963) 1 copy
Svindlerne 1 copy
Gyémántos koronám (1983) 1 copy
Romans młodzieńczy (1986) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire (1965) — Contributor — 126 copies
Great Soviet Short Stories (1962) — Contributor — 77 copies
1917: Stories and Poems from the Russian Revolution (2016) — Contributor — 36 copies
The New Soviet Fiction: Sixteen Short Stories (1989) — Contributor — 33 copies
Russische verhalen (1965) — Contributor — 11 copies
25 stories from the Soviet Republics (1950) — Contributor — 7 copies
Sovjethumor — Author, some editions — 1 copy

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Valentin Katayev (or Kataev) in Fans of Russian authors (August 2023)

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Tregimi "Djali i Regjimentit" do t'ju kthejë, në ngjarjet e vështira, por heroike të viteve të luftës, për të cilat dini vetëm nga tekstet shkollore dhe tregimet e pleqve.
Do të mësoni për fatin e një djali të thjeshtë fshatar Vanya Solntsev, nga i cili lufta mori gjithçka: të afërmit dhe miqtë, shtëpinë dhe vetë fëmijërinë. Së bashku me të do të kaloni shumë sprova dhe do të njihni gëzimin e veprave në emër të fitores ndaj armikut. Do të takoni njerëz të mrekullueshëm - ushtarët e ushtrisë, rreshter Yegorov dhe kapiten Enakiev, gjuajtës Kovalev dhe nëntetar Bidenko, të cilët jo vetëm që ndihmuan Vanya të bëhej një skaut i guximshëm, por edhe e rritën atë cilësitë më të mira prezente njeri sovjetik. Dhe, pasi të lexoni tregimin, sigurisht që do të kuptoni se një bëmë nuk është vetëm guxim dhe heroizëm, por edhe punë e madhe, disiplinë e hekurt, papërkulshmëri vullneti dhe dashuri e madhe për Atdheun.… (more)
 
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BibliotekaFeniks | Jan 24, 2023 |
Farcical Gogolian adventures of two employees who stumble almost accidentally into an embezzlement-funded, drink-fuelled wild spree around Russia, being taken for a ride by all and sundry. Fascinating both for the fascinating glimpses into the Soviet Union during the short-lived NEP period and for being written with a vitality and uninhibited style that would within a few years become untenable as the requirements of official doctrine took hold. V Kataev was the elder brother of Evgeny Petrov of Ilf & Petrov, and is said to have given them the idea for their 'The Twelve Chairs'.… (more)
 
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