Synopses & Reviews
This is an all-round and accessible description of the Russian language and its historical, social, cultural context. It includes extracts representing the best of the language, by renowned writers such as Pushkin, Gogol', Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Mandel'shtam, and Kharms.
Setting language learning in an entertaining, real, and enlightening real life framework, the book reveals what most readers want to know about Russian (but are usually too afraid to ask). Learn Russian will not teach you how to buy an ice-cream or ask directions to the Kremlin, but it will give you the opportunity to read some of Russia's greatest literature in the original along with learning something of Russias rich culture and life.
Synopsis
Aiming to provide an all-round and accessible description of the language, this book gives a presentation of grammar as an intellectual exercise and lots of drills and exercises which are intended to be stimulating and interesting.
Synopsis
This comprehensive, yet accessible description of the Russian language offers a solid presentation of grammar as an intellectual exercise and lots of stimulating drills and exercises. The best of the language, namely extracts from works of many of Russia's inimitable writers, including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Mandel'shtam, and Kharms, are accompanied by enlightening historical, cultural and social information. Learn Russian teaches readers not only how to buy an ice cream cone and ask for directions to the Kremlin, but all how to read and understand some of Russia's greatest literature in the original while absorbing the history of this great country.
Synopsis
Aiming to provide an all-round and accessible description of the language, this book gives a presentation of grammar as an intellectual exercise and lots of drills and exercises which are intended to be stimulating and interesting.