Gender: female
Education: University of Cambridge (PhD|2009)
Occupations: Fellow in Russian Literature and Culture
Organizations: Wadham College, Oxford
Short biography: Muireann Maguire is Career Development Fellow in Russian Literature and Culture at Wadham College, University of Oxford until 2013. She wrote her PhD dissertation at the University of Cambridge on the topic of Soviet Gothic fiction. Her collection of translated Russian and Soviet ghost stories Red Spectres: Twentieth Century Russian Gothic Tales is currently under contract with Angel Classics. Her research interests include the portrayal of science and scientists in Russian and Soviet fiction (1850-present); Gaito Gazdanov and emigre literature of the first wave; and dogs in cinema.
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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rebeccanyc 721 reviews

Red Spectres by Muireann Maguire

I bought this book when I saw it in the bookstore because I read a lot of Russian, including Soviet era, fiction, and I was intrigued that this collection included stories by writers I knew (such as Bulgakov and Krzhizhanovsky) as well as authors I was unfamiliar with. These writers were taking a chance by not toeing the party line about realistic fiction, and in fact many of these stories were not published in the USSR during the authors' lifetimes and one author, was killed in the 1937 show more purges. However, although some of the stories were enjoyably creepy and thought-provoking, I guess it takes a lot for me to appreciate tales of the supernatural. I kept on reading because each story was different (although two involved people emerging from mirrors and pushing the "real" person into the mirror), and I kept hoping I would like them more. I believe this is a case of my personal taste, and that the stories would be much more compelling for someone who likes this kind of fiction more than I do. show less

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kaggsy 438 reviews

Red Spectres: Russian Gothic Tales from the Twentieth Century by Muireann Maguire