Flash Fiction / Kazanski's Ghost?

Thanks for your comments. It is only flash fiction and if question linger then it’s not a bad thing. to find out answers sometimes it is necessay to dig a little deeper , finding out Kazanski is arrogant is an example. There is also the implied meaning that Kazanski is not always successful in love.He claimed an old man…but it’s all there in the story.
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Thanks for your comment. Trouble is Kanzanski and his friend are Russian. They don’t break an rules in Russiaan but the can do in English as might be expected if they simply spoke in a certain dialect not their ordinary one. Pirates often speak in dialect, say Cornish or West country and if it wasn’t included then somebody would claim it was not authentic. Others might also say the dialect slowed down the meaning of the piece or they couldn’t understand it. Knowing the characters are Russian then invites something of the reader. How they see the invitation to the developing plot is often linked with settling down and enjoying the outlandish plot of say King Kong or something like it.

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Thanks for your comment. Trouble is Kanzanski and his friend are Russian. They don’t break an rules in Russiaan but the can do in English as might be expected if they simply spoke in a certain dialect not their ordinary one. Pirates often speak in dialect, say Cornish or West country and if it wasn’t included then somebody would claim it was not authentic. Others might also say the dialect slowed down the meaning of the piece or they couldn’t understand it. Knowing the characters are Russian then invites something of the reader. How they see the invitation to the developing plot is often linked with settling down and enjoying the outlandish plot of say King Kong or something like it.

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I didn’t notice the use of dialect in this story at all. A Russian would leave out articles: “on deserted cottage”, “Siberian blizzard”, etc. For a good example of how to make a voice sound Russian, read some of Mikhail_S’s work on Urbis. His (or her?) works sounds very Russian despite the fact that he (or she?) is British (don’t tell anyone).

Thanks for the review. I did put something of Kazanski into a story; the atmospheric ‘Silver Wolf’ which tens to send a shiver down the spne…
Thanks again.(Spacing ran away but that the PC up to its tricks again).

Thanks for your comment and review. Remember comrae this was written in Russian first and then translated into English. Kazanski/ meet him in Ireland when the Vodka drinking contests take place most years. Kazanski was the drunk one, still drinking.
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It is drama to the point where more (words) is less(impact). It is flash fiction and needs to be driven along with the energ of a Siberian tiger.
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Thanks for reading . The decision on the ending is how you want it to end,Every reader then wonders if their thought out ending matched another’s interpretation.They might be right or wrong. makes it more interesting that way.
Thanks again.

It is meant to be the way it is. It is mean to be read in a Russian accent. That way it fulfills the local dialect and usage of English spoken with a Russian overlay. how else to convey the same objective?Repetition is fine in poetry but now it is creeping into prose with a bang, and to good efect.
thanks for your review.

i will read this again…