“Nostalgia” and other short stories by Nadiezdha Teffi, or Russians in Paris of the 1920s Cover Image

„Nostalgia” i inne opowiadania Nadieżdy Teffi, czyli Rosjanie w Paryżu lat 20. XX wieku
“Nostalgia” and other short stories by Nadiezdha Teffi, or Russians in Paris of the 1920s

Author(s): Nel Bielniak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Teffi; emigration; nostalgia; national identity; Russian Paris

Summary/Abstract: In her humorous 1920s short stories Teffi shows the dramatic situation of Russian diaspora in Paris mainly through the prism of ordinary emigrants. The writer pays attention, among others, to such issues connected with the life of refugees as isolation, alienation, poverty, prurient nostalgia or national identity.

  • Issue Year: 44/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-34
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish