Malachite Casket: Tales From The Urals
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Minimal soiling on boards. Light bumping on corners and spine. Internally sound. Clean text. All plates intact.
From the mist-shrouded mountains and mineral-rich mines of Russia's Ural region emerges a world where the boundary between the earthly and the magical dissolves — Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals by Pavel Bazhov is a spellbinding collection of folkloric tales that chronicles the lives of miners, craftsmen, and the mysterious supernatural beings who govern the hidden treasures of the deep earth. At the heart of these stories stands the enigmatic Mistress of the Copper Mountain, a powerful spirit whose gifts and curses shape the destinies of ordinary workers, weaving together themes of human ingenuity, greed, love, and sacrifice against a backdrop of rugged industrial Russia. Bazhov, a master of the Russian literary tradition, draws upon the rich oral folklore of the Ural working class to craft tales that resonate with both the grit of labour and the wonder of legend, cementing his place as a foundational figure in Soviet-era literature. His prose possesses a lyrical, unhurried quality — rooted in the rhythms of peasant speech yet elevated by a poet's eye for natural beauty — that transforms every shard of malachite and vein of copper ore into a symbol of something far greater than wealth. First published in 1939, this collection has since captivated readers across generations and borders, and one cannot help but wonder: what price would *you* pay for a gift from the Mistress of the Mountain?
Author: P. Bazhov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1945, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Minimal soiling on boards. Light bumping on corners and spine. Internally sound. Clean text. All plates intact.
From the mist-shrouded mountains and mineral-rich mines of Russia's Ural region emerges a world where the boundary between the earthly and the magical dissolves — Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals by Pavel Bazhov is a spellbinding collection of folkloric tales that chronicles the lives of miners, craftsmen, and the mysterious supernatural beings who govern the hidden treasures of the deep earth. At the heart of these stories stands the enigmatic Mistress of the Copper Mountain, a powerful spirit whose gifts and curses shape the destinies of ordinary workers, weaving together themes of human ingenuity, greed, love, and sacrifice against a backdrop of rugged industrial Russia. Bazhov, a master of the Russian literary tradition, draws upon the rich oral folklore of the Ural working class to craft tales that resonate with both the grit of labour and the wonder of legend, cementing his place as a foundational figure in Soviet-era literature. His prose possesses a lyrical, unhurried quality — rooted in the rhythms of peasant speech yet elevated by a poet's eye for natural beauty — that transforms every shard of malachite and vein of copper ore into a symbol of something far greater than wealth. First published in 1939, this collection has since captivated readers across generations and borders, and one cannot help but wonder: what price would *you* pay for a gift from the Mistress of the Mountain?