Título: Sanin: A Novel
Autor: Mikhail Artsybashev
Sinopse: "It evoked almost unprecedented discussions, like those at the time of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons. Some praised the novel far more than it deserved, others complained bitterly that it was a defamation of youth. I may, however, without exaggeration assert that no one in Russia took the trouble to fathom the ideas of the novel. The eulogies and condemnations are equally one-sided." Thus did Mikhail Artsybashev (1878–1927), whose novels and short stories are suffused with themes of sex, suicide, and murder, describe the reaction to publication in 1907 of Sanin, his second novel. The work provoked heated debates among the Russian reading public, and the journal in which it was published serially was soon closed down by the authorities. The hero of Artsybashev's 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 committing suicide. 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. Artybashev drew upon a wide range of sources for his inspiration―Sanin owes debts to Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, Nietzsche's notion of the "superman," and the work of the individualist anarchist philosopher Johann Kaspar Schmidt. Michael R. Katz's translation of this controversial novel is the first into English in almost seventy years. "Russian pornography is not plain pornography such as the French and Germans produce, but pornography with ideas."―Kornei Chukovsky "Those who saw in the much discussed novel only suggestive scenes, shocking their morality or titillating their senses, were mistaken; it was, as usual in Russia, a book with a message, and Sanin slept with all his mistresses to prove a thesis rather than to obey a natural urge."―Marc Slonim
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Sanin: A Novel”, de Mikhail Artsybashev, publicado pela editora Cornell University Press, em 2001 e com 280 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Cornell University Press
Páginas: 280
Ano: 2001
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Linguagem: pt_BR
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ISBN13: 9780801485596
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Cornell University Press apresentam um mergulho denso e detalhado em temas históricos, sociais e culturais que atravessam diferentes épocas e regiões. A leitura costuma exigir atenção ao entrelaçamento de narrativas políticas, sociais e intelectuais, com textos que exploram desde a história urbana de grandes cidades até análises profundas sobre regimes políticos e fenômenos culturais. O ritmo varia entre relatos documentais e análises críticas, com uma linguagem que privilegia o rigor acadêmico sem abrir mão de uma narrativa que traz à tona conflitos humanos e sociais. O catálogo revela um interesse constante por questões de poder, identidade e memória, frequentemente abordadas sob perspectivas comparativas ou interdisciplinares.
