{"title":"Translated Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFoundational works of Belarusian literature, many of them suppressed for decades, in their first English translations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nobleman-zavalnia-or-belarus-in-fantastical-tales-jan-barszczewski","title":"Nobleman Zavalnia, or Belarus in Fantastical Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first complete English translation of a founding work of Belarusian literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in the 1840s, \u003cem\u003eNobleman Zavalnia, or Belarus in Fantastical Tales\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the earliest works of Belarusian literature. At Zavalnia’s hearth, peasants, nobles and wanderers spin stories of witches, restless souls, enchanted forests and haunted battlefields. 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