Michele A Berdy
Books by Michele A Berdy
The Russian Word’s Worth
by Michele A Berdy
I’ve been reading her columns in The Moscow Times about little translation problems and this book is a compilation of these columns. They’re very entertaining. People who don’t know Russian at all can read them with real interest and enjoyment. She really has encountered all the day-to-day cultural misunderstandings between Westerners and Russians trying to do things together.
Interviews where books by Michele A Berdy were recommended
The Best Tales of Soviet Russia, recommended by Robert Chandler
Robert Chandler, one of the best known translators of Russian literature, recommends some of his favourite tales of Soviet Russia. There’s the one about a dog in space and the one about the Soviet café which stocked nothing but champagne and Mars bars…
