Typical targets of Zoshchenko s satire are the Soviet bureaucracy, crowded conditions in communal apartments, marital infidelities and the rapid turnover in marriage partners, and "the petty-bourgeois mode of life, with its adulterous episodes, ly...
Sixty-five luminous satirical tales, from a writer who recorded, with unfailing style and wit, an era's troubles and a people's voice. (Los Angeles Times)
In his prime, satirist Mikhail Zoshchenko was more widely read in the Soviet Union than ei...
A collection of short Christmas stories by some of Russia’s greatest nineteenth and twentieth century authors -- several appearing in English for the first time. Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, this colle...
“Dralyuk’s new translation of Sentimental Tales, a collection of Zoshchenko’s stories from the 1920s, is a delight that brings the author’s wit to life.” -- The EconomistMikhail Zoshchenko’s Sentimental Tales are satirical ...