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Hill Country Russian
James Nelson
Russian
Specialist
Translator, Interpreter, Teacher
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James
Nelson
began studying Russian in 1960
as a military linguist and went on to become a Fulbright Scholar and earn a
Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures. He has about six years' residence in
*Stop Being Surprised, a collection of stories by
well-known literary critic Benedikt
Sarnov about Russian and Soviet life with particular attention to
difficulties experienced by literary figures and Soviet Jews;
*Night Wolves,
a thriller involving the Russian mafia by Friedrich
Neznansky, master of Russian crime novels, whose books are sold at kiosks
throughout
*The Afghans, a novella by Russian emigre writer Vladimir Rybakov, the story of a Soviet soldier in Afghanistan with
haunting parallels to Vietnam;
*Creature,
a French Russian thriller by Vladimir
Rybakov; and
*Bosnia Journal, James Nelson's
firsthand account of the Russian-American cooperative military effort in
*The Mystery of Genghis Khan, a historical novel by Wladimir Secinski.
Book One published in 2006, Book Two published in 2007; Books One and Two published in a single volume in 2009; Books Three and Four will be published in a single volume later in 2009.
*The Steel King by Yulia Latynina has been authorized and is ready for publication.
*Land of War, also by Yulia Latynina, has been translated and awaits final editing and a publisher.
Further details and
purchasing information for all books:
TRANSLATIONS
FROM RUSSIAN TO ENGLISH
Benedikt
Sarnov
Stop Being Surprised: Vignettes of Soviet Literary and Other
Life
This
book was originally published in
Stop Being Surprised is available from Infinity
Publishing; see Web page http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-2208-5
or link from the Infinity Publishing Web site ( http:www.bbotw.com )
.
Friedrich
Neznansky
Night Wolves
Friedrich
Neznansky is perhaps
Night Wolves is available from Infinity Publishing; see Web page http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-2212-3 or link from the Infinity
Publishing Web site ( http:www.bbotw.com ) .
Vladimir Rybakov (penname of Wladimir Secinski)
The Afghans
It
is late summer 1987. Rumor has it the Soviet army is about to leave
The Afghans will be of interest to those interested in both Soviet and
American involvement in
The Afghans is now available from
Infinity Publishing at
http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-2296-4
or link from
the Infinity Publishing Web site ( http:www.bbotw.com ) .
Creature. A French Russian thriller
It is the very beginning of the 21st
century. Andre Comperen, 45, lives in
Vera Hoffman, a
Russian Jew who has emigrated to
Andre has inherited another job from his father: He is a hit man for the
KGB and goes on missions worldwide. The job continues
under the KGB's successor organization,
the FSB. Rogue elements in the FSB seek to kill Andre and his father, who
decides offense is the best defense.
But is Andre's father who he says he is? And did Andre's mother really
commit suicide?
Creature has been published by Infinity
( http:www.bbotw.com
) and is
available at
http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-2529-7 .
The Mystery of Genghis Khan
Genghis
Khan and his successors created the largest empire in history. How they did it
is something of a mystery, a mystery for which Wladimir Secinski offers
plausible answers in his epic historical novel The Mystery of Genghis
Khan. Secinski
proposes that much of the secret of Genghis Khan's success lies with his
Chinese advisor Yeh-liu Chu-tsai. The story follows the lives and events, real
and fictional, of these two men. Parts of the story of Yeh-liu Chu-tsai are
particularly poignant. The novel contains a vast amount of historical,
ethnographical, and cultural information. There are also discussions on
political and military science and logistics, the latter being of particular
importance to Genghis Khan's success.
Book One of The Mystery of Genghis Khan has been published (2006) and is available at http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-3424-5.
Book Two of The Mystery of Genghis Khan has been published (2007) and is available at http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-4051-2.
Books One and Two of The Mystery of Genghis Khan have been published in a single volume (2009) which is available at http://www.buybooksontheweb.com/product.aspx?ISBN=0-7414-5438-6.
OTHER WORKS
Bosnia Journal is a diary of Jim Nelson's
day-to-day observations as the English-Russian interpreter to Commanding
General William L. Nash of the US Army 1st Armored Division and
Multinational Division North in
Bosnia Journal is
now available from Infinity Publishing ( http:www.bbotw.com
) and can be
seen at www.buybooksontheweb.com/description.asp?ISBN=0-7414-2321-9
.
Benedikt
Sarnov:
http://www.panrus.com/books/8257.htm
Vladimir
Voinovich:
http://www.voinovich.ru/ (in Russian)
http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8345-19.cfm
Friedrich
Neznansky:
http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/archives/200209/0352.html
http://www.peoples.ru/art/literature/prose/detectiv/neznansky/
(in Russian)
http://www.rus-olimp.ru/author_neznansky.htm
(in Russian)
http://www.bookler.ru/bookauthor/h8bh3hlecd/1.shtml
(in Russian)
Vladimir
Rybakov:
http://belousenkolib.narod.ru/Russian/rybakov_v.html
(in Russian)
http://slovari.net/show.php?sl=bs&art=54587
(in Russian)
Major
General (Retired) William L. Nash:
http://www.cfr.org/bio.php?id=8416
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=William_L._Nash
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Dec1995/951219-O-9085M-03.html
Aleksandr
Ivanovich Lentsov:
http://ivadm.ivanovo.ru/digest/whoiswho/lentsov.htm
(in Russian)
http://www.ilim.ru/~taf/public/chechnja6.html
(in Russian)
http://www.panorama.ru/info/demo/TEXTS/51188.html
(in Russian)
http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/Peacekeeping_entry.html
http://www.friendsofbosnia.org/_news/fobBriefs_10/Reflections.html
Contact James
Nelson hillcountryrussian@yahoo.com