
“Almost Tangible Presence”: On Yuri Felsen’s “Deceit”
Sarah Gear disentangles “Deceit,” a 1930 novel of ill-fated attraction in Paris by Russian émigré Yuri Felsen, translated by Bryan Karetnyk....
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Sarah Gear is a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter. Her work examines the ways in which politics and publishing intersect, by comparing the commission, translation, and reception of contemporary novels by nationalist and liberal Russian writers. Sarah holds an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Stirling, and a BAHons in French and Russian from the University of Glasgow.