Where the Sun Wakes Up – Stories by Soviet Writers

Where the Sun Wakes Up: Stories by Soviet Writers

Published by Raduga Publishers, Moscow | First Edition, 1985
Pages: 285 | Size: 7 x 9 inches | Binding: Hardcover

Where the Sun Wakes Up: Stories by Soviet Writers is a rich and diverse anthology that brings together the voices of Russia’s most prominent literary figures from the 20th century. Published by Raduga Publishers, Moscow in 1985, this first edition hardcover spans 285 pages and features vivid storytelling that captures the soul of Soviet life through various decades and ideologies.

The collection includes short stories from literary giants such as Arkady Gaidar, Konstantin Fedin, Mikhail Sholokhov, Yuri Nagibin, Andrei Platonov, Leonid Sobolev, Valentin Rasputin, and Alexei Tolstoy, among others. Each story is translated into English by distinguished translators including Raissa Bobrova, Robert Daglish, Nicholas Luker, and J.C. Butler, ensuring the original voice and tone of the authors are preserved for global readers.

These stories span genres such as childhood memory, wartime struggle, rural life, philosophical introspection, and socialist realism. From tales of resilience and personal sacrifice to whimsical accounts of youth and adventure, the anthology serves as both a literary experience and a historical document of the USSR’s human side—offering non-Russian readers a rare window into Soviet thought, emotion, and artistry.

Included in the volume:

• The Foal by Mikhail Sholokhov

• Nerlie by Mikhail Prishvin

• The Russian Character by Alexei Tolstoy

• The Game of “Beauty” by Yuri Yakovlev

• Flowers for Olya by Radi Pogodin

• French Lesson by Valentin Rasputin
  …and many more, each with unique insight into life behind the Iron Curtain.

Printed on durable paper and bound in a medium-sized (7 x 9 in) hardcover format, this edition is both collectible and readable. Perfect for students of Russian literature, researchers in Soviet cultural studies, and bibliophiles with a focus on global literary heritage.

• First edition published by Raduga Publishers, Moscow in 1985

• Includes 18 Soviet short stories translated into English

• Contributions by authors like Sholokhov, Platonov, Astafiev, Alexei Tolstoy, Nagibin, and more

• Notable translations by Robert Daglish, Raissa Bobrova, K.M. Cook, and others

• 285 pages of literary fiction reflecting life, ideology, and imagination in Soviet Russia

• Hardcover format | Dimensions: 7 x 9 inches

• Valuable for collectors, researchers, and fans of 20th-century international literature