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• Vasilii Shukshin and the Russian fairy tale: a study of 'Until the Cock Crows Thrice.'

  Author:Nicole ChristianFrom:The Modern Language Review (Vol. 92, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19975,427 words Article In spite of Vasilii Shukshin's multifaceted talent as author, film director, and actor, he has been described simply as a narodnyi rasskazchik ('folk storyteller'). Until the Cock Crows Thrice, a modern-day fairy tale,...

• Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind (2006)

  Author:Susan LongtinFrom:Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives (Vol. 1. )

  20193,194 words Excerpt, Critical essay, Work overview Daniel Tammet Born on a Blue Day is a memoir about Daniel Tammet's autism, synesthesia, and savant syndrome. Published when he was twenty-seven years old, it focuses on his difficult early life and his later happiness...

• The Ballad of Blind Tom (2009)

  Author:Matthew J. C. CellaFrom:Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives (Vol. 1. )

  20193,087 words Excerpt, Critical essay, Work overview Deirdre O'Connell The Ballad of Blind Tom is Deirdre O'Connell's biography of the enslaved pianist and composer Tom Wiggins, who was blind and, many now believe, an autistic savant. Deirdre O'Connell's biography...