TY - BOOK AU - Mikhail Shishkin AU - Mikhail Shishkin. TI - Calligraphy lesson: : the collected stories SN - 9781941920039 U1 - 891.735 SHI PY - 2015/// CY - Dallas, Texas PB - : Deep Vellum Publishing KW - Short Stories KW - Short stories, Russian KW - Translations into English N1 - The half-belt overcoat / translated by Leo Shtutin -- Calligraphy lesson / translated by Marian Schwartz -- The blind musician / translated by Marian Schwartz -- Language saved / translated by Marian Schwartz -- Nabokov's inkblot / translated by Mariya Bashkatova -- Of saucepans and star-showers / translated by Leo Shtutin -- The bell towers of San Marco / translated by Sylvia Maizell -- In a boat scratched on a wall / translated by Marian Schwartz N2 - "Calligraphy Lesson: The Collected Stories is the first English-language collection of short stories by Mikhail Shishkin, the most acclaimed contemporary author in Russia, including four stories that have been published in various English-language sources (Words Without Borders, Read Russia Anthology, Spolia, the Independent) and four previously untranslated stories (including two previously unpublished in any language)." -- From the publisher's description. ER -