Bai Ganyo Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian

Name: Bai Ganyo Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian
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ISBN: 9780299236946

ISBN-10: 0299236943

ISBN-13: 9780299236946

Edition: 2010

Authors: Aleko Konstantinov, Victor A. Friedman, Grace E. Fielder, Christina E. Kramer, Catherine Rudin

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A comic classic of world literature, Aleko Konstantinovrsquo;s 1895 novelBai Ganyofollows the misadventures of rose-oil salesman Ganyo Balkanski (ldquo;Bairdquo; 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. Konstantinovrsquo;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 Ganyohas been translated into most European languages, but now Victor…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 5/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English