The Russian's World: Life and Language

by Genevra Gerhart

"THE RUSSIAN'S WORLD is a unique achievement, which presents carefully selected portions of the Russian lexicon within a broad cultural context. It explains aspects of Russian culture and of Russian life (in short, "the Russian's world") in a lively and engaging manner and contains information that is of value to students of Russian language, literature, history, and culture of all levels, from those just past the beginner stage to the most advanced, and with every interest, be it nineteenth-century literature or contemporary society." Excerpt from the Special Achievement Award conferred upon the second edition of THE RUSSIAN'S WORLD by the Publications Committee of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) in December 1993.

Genres: Russia, Language, Nonfiction

419 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1994

Reviews

[Alexandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this to be fascinating, engaging and eclectic. But as always with these things, one ends up wondering - how accurate? Well, it was given to me as a present, by someone whose own culture it was describing...

[Laura Wetsel · Rating 2 out of 5]

A decent sketch.