Yelena Furman

Yelena Furman teaches Russian language and literature at UCLA. Her research interests include contemporary Russian women’s literature, Russian American literature, and Anton Chekhov.

Articles

Salvaging a Soviet Jewish Literary Culture: On Marat Grinberg’s “The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf”
Yelena Furman reviews Marat Grinberg’s “The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf: Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines.”...
Yelena FurmanAug 29
- History
- Religion
Somewhat Nebulous Contours: On Sasha Senderovich’s “How the Soviet Jew Was Made”
Yelena Furman reviews Sasha Senderovich’s “How the Soviet Jew Was Made.”...
Yelena FurmanJan 15
The Realm of Forgotten Things: On Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s “The New Adventures of Helen”
Yelena Furman is drawn to “The New Adventures of Helen,” a collection of fairy tales for adults by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, translated from the Russian by Jane Bugaeva....
Yelena FurmanJan 28, 2022
- Fiction
Acute Infection or Chronic Condition? On Maxim D. Shrayer’s “A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas”
Yelena Furman traverses “A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas” by Maxim D. Shrayer....
Yelena FurmanMar 15, 2020
- Fiction
“Shintity Fug These Vulstes”: On Ksenia Buksha’s “The Freedom Factory”
Yelena Furman deconstructs “The Freedom Factory,” a novel by Ksenia Buksha, translated from Russian by Anne O. Fisher....
Yelena FurmanOct 6, 2019
- Fiction
- Translation
Torn Like a Veil Before Me: On Elena Chizhova’s “Little Zinnobers”
Yelena Furman studies “Little Zinnobers,” a novel by Elena Chizhova, translated from Russian by Carol Ermakova....
Yelena FurmanJun 8, 2019
- Fiction
- Translation
Russianness Under Foreign Skies: On Edyta M. Bojanowska’s “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada”
Yelena Furman navigates “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada,” by Edyta M. Bojanowska....
Yelena FurmanMar 10, 2019
Two Mirrors: On Leonid Yuzefovich’s “Horsemen of the Sands”
Yelena Furman rides along with “Horsemen of the Sands” by Leonid Yuzefovich, translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz....
Yelena FurmanAug 30, 2018
- Fiction
- Translation
A Voice from the Caucasus: On Alisa Ganieva’s “Bride and Groom”
Yelena Furman reads “Bride and Groom,” a novel by the Dagestani author Alisa Ganieva, translated from the Russian by Carol Apollonio....
Yelena FurmanJul 5, 2018
- Fiction
- Translation
“Don’t We Know Our Own Minds?”: A Rediscovered Russian Woman Writer of the 19th Century
Yelena Furman on “City Folk and Country Folk,” a rediscovered novel by the 19th-century Russian writer Sofia Khvoshchinskaya....
Yelena FurmanOct 24, 2017
- Fiction
- Translation
“On the Side of the L-law”: Boris Akunin’s Russian Detective
Yelena Furman recommends “The State Counsellor,” the sixth installment in the Erast Fandorin detective series by Boris Akunin....
Yelena FurmanJul 4, 2017
- Noir
- Translation
Soviet Scars: Elena Chizhova’s “The Time of Women”
THE TIME OF WOMEN is Simon Patterson and Nina Chordas's translation of Elena Chizhova's 2009 Russian Booker-winning novel Vremia zhenshchin. (Modeled on the Booker Prize in Britain, the Russian Booker is given to the best Russian-language text; Chizhova had been nominated ...
Yelena FurmanMay 20, 2012