Galosh And Other Stories

Name: Galosh And Other Stories
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ISBN: 9781590202111

ISBN-10: 1590202112

ISBN-13: 9781590202111

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mikhail Zoschenko, Jeremy Hicks

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Sixty-five luminous satirical tales, from Òa writer who recorded, with unfailing style and wit, an eraÕs troubles and a peopleÕs voice.Ó (Los Angeles Times) In his prime, satirist Mikhail Zoshchenko was more widely read in the Soviet Union than either Pasternak or Solzhenitsyn. His stories give expression to the experience of the ordinary Soviet citizen struggling to survive in the 1920s and Õ30s, beset by an acute housing shortage, ubiquitous theft and corruption, and the impenetrable new language of the Soviet state. Written in the semi-educated talk of the man or woman on the street, these stories enshrine one of the greatest achievements of the people of the Soviet UnionÑtheir gallows…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 5/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.40" wide x 7.95" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English