by Mikhail Artsybashev ; translated from the Russian by Michael R. Katz ; introduction by Otto Boele ; afterword by Nicholas Luker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ithaca :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 268 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"The hero of the novel exhibits a set of new values to be contrasted with the morality of the older Russian intelligentsia. Sanin is an attractive, clever, powerful, life-loving man who is, at the same time, an amoral and carnal animal, bored both by politics and by religion. During the novel he lusts after his own sister, but defends her when she is betrayed by an arrogant officer; he deflowers an innocent-but-willing virgin; and encourages a Jewish friend to end his self-doubts by commiting suicide.
Text of Note
Sanin's extreme individualism greatly appealed to young people in Russia during the twilight years of the Romanov regime. "Saninism" was marked by sensualism, self-gratification, and self-destruction - and gained in credibility in an atmosphere of moral and spiritual despondency."--Jacket.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Sanin.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Sanin.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Men-- Russia, Fiction.
Manners and customs.
Men.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Russia, Social life and customs, 20th century, Fiction.
Russia, Social life and customs, 20th century, Fiction.