Shining Neva: An Anthology of Contemporary Writers from St. Petersburg

Author: (Russia) Anotsky
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg, a friendly city of Shanghai, the Shanghai Writers' Association and Shanghai Translation Publishing House jointly selected and published this collection of contemporary St. Petersburg writers' works—Stars Over the Neva River—as a gift from Shanghai writers and people to the writers and all citizens of St. Petersburg across the Gulf of Finland. St. Petersburg is the political and cultural center of Russia. It has not only nourished a wealth of world-renowned 19th-century classic writers, such as Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev, but has also nurtured generations of distinctive, observant, and productive literary artists through its great traditions. Today, St. Petersburg's writers inherit the glorious legacy of their predecessors, tirelessly exploring and innovating, creating a series of literary masterpieces in various genres, on diverse themes, and with profound content. This collection includes the works of thirty-six contemporary St. Petersburg writers, limited to short stories, fairy tales, and poems—just a small bouquet of flowers in the vast garden of Russian literature. However, these works cover all aspects, including marriage and family, ethics, children's education, social order, urban-rural conflicts, environmental protection, and Sino-Russian friendship, reflecting the writers' deep reflections on real life and their full confidence in a bright future. May this book bring artistic enjoyment to all readers.