Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov

Includes tales such as young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds.

Include povesti precum tinerele femei pornesc in cautari lungi si dificile, mame vitrege rele transforma copiii in gaste si tarii pun ghicitori periculoase, cu ajutorul sau impiedicarea papusilor magice, a vrajitoarelor canibale, a craniilor vorbitoare, a sotiilor furate si a fratilor deghizati in pasari intelepte.