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- Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
A comic classic of world literature, Aleko Konstantinov’s 1895 novel Bai Ganyo follows the misadventures of rose-oil salesman Ganyo Balkanski (“Bai” is a Bulgarian title of intimate respect) as he travels in Europe. Unkempt but endearing, Bai Ganyo blusters his way through refined society in Vienna, Dresden, and St. Petersburg with an eye peeled for pickpockets and a free lunch. Konstantinov’s satire turns darker when Bai Ganyo returns home—bullying, bribing, and rigging elections in Bulgaria, a new country that had recently emerged piecemeal from the Ottoman Empire with the help of Czarist Russia.
Bai Ganyo has been translated into most European languages, but now Victor Friedman and his fellow translators have finally brought this Balkan masterpiece to English-speaking readers, accompanied by a helpful introduction, glossary, and notes.
Bai Ganyo has been translated into most European languages, but now Victor Friedman and his fellow translators have finally brought this Balkan masterpiece to English-speaking readers, accompanied by a helpful introduction, glossary, and notes.
Winner, Bulgarian Studies Association Book Prize
Finalist, Foreword Magazine’s Multicultural Fiction Book of the Year
Winner, John D. Bell Book Prize, Bulgarian Studies Association
Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the American Association for School Libraries
Best Books for High Schools, selected by the American Association for School Libraries
Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 3-12
- Part One
- 1. Bai Ganyo Sets Off
- pp. 16-20
- 2.Bai Ganyo at the Opera
- pp. 21-23
- 3. Bai Ganyo at the Baths
- pp. 24-28
- 4. Bai Ganyo in Dresden
- pp. 29-33
- 6. Bai Ganyo at Jirechek’s
- pp. 48-54
- 7. Bai Ganyo Goes Visiting
- pp. 55-71
- 8. Bai Ganyo in Switzerland
- pp. 72-76
- 9. Bai Ganyo in Russia
- pp. 77-86
- Part Two
- 10. Bai Ganyo Returns from Europe
- pp. 89-102
- 11. Bai Ganyo Does Elections
- pp. 103-121
- 12. Bai Ganyo the Journalist
- pp. 122-132
- 13. Bai Ganyo at the Palace
- pp. 133-135
- 14. Bai Ganyo in the Delegation
- pp. 136-139
- 16. The Temperance Society
- pp. 144-148
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299236939
Related ISBN(s)
9780299236946
MARC Record
OCLC
647900971
Pages
172
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010