Dermo!
The Real Russian Tolstoy Never Used
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, Russian, Dictionaries, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
| Author: | Edward Topol | ISBN: | 9781101664476 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | August 1, 1997 |
| Imprint: | Plume | Language: | Russian |
| Author: | Edward Topol |
| ISBN: | 9781101664476 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | August 1, 1997 |
| Imprint: | Plume |
| Language: | Russian |
Not even Tolstoy would dare use the eyebrow-raising Russian you'll find in this wickedly humorous language guide by one of Russia's bestselling novelists today. Whether you're traveling to Russia for the first time or you are a student of the language, this indispensable book is your entree to the real and new Russian that has never been taught. You'll be armored with triple-decker curses and insults, endearments and expressions for situations ranging from high-level business meetings to cocktail parties to sexual encounters. Filled with words, idioms, and vulgarisms you won't learn in a classroom, plus twenty hilarious line drawings and a complete index to vital expletives, Dermo! will provide you with the uncensored answers to the questions you always wanted to know... but no translator would ever tell you!
Not even Tolstoy would dare use the eyebrow-raising Russian you'll find in this wickedly humorous language guide by one of Russia's bestselling novelists today. Whether you're traveling to Russia for the first time or you are a student of the language, this indispensable book is your entree to the real and new Russian that has never been taught. You'll be armored with triple-decker curses and insults, endearments and expressions for situations ranging from high-level business meetings to cocktail parties to sexual encounters. Filled with words, idioms, and vulgarisms you won't learn in a classroom, plus twenty hilarious line drawings and a complete index to vital expletives, Dermo! will provide you with the uncensored answers to the questions you always wanted to know... but no translator would ever tell you!
