This famous collection of Soviet satire from 1918 to 1963 devastatingly lampoons the social, economic, and cultural changes wrought by the Russian Revolution. Among the seventeen bold and inventive comic writers represented here are the brilliant Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and Margarita, Ilf and Petrov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Valentin Katayev, and Yuri Kazakov. "Amusing and excellent reading. The stories in this collection tell the reader more about Soviet life than a dozen sociological or political tracts." - Isaac Bashevis Singer; "An altogether admirable collection . . . by the highly talented translator Mirra Ginsburg . . . Many of these stories and sketches are delicious, even-a miracle!-funny, and full of subtlety and intelligence." - The New Leader; "Hilarious entertainment. Beyond this it illuminates with the cruel light of satire the reality behind the pretentious façade of the Soviet state." - The Sunday Sun (Baltimore).
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Born in Tula Province, the son of a petty landowner, Romanov began to publish in earnest only after the Revolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
heavenly cap, woman with the flour, comrade lecturer, chicken plague, woman with the bundle, scarlet ray, district executive committee, revolving stool Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alexander Semyonovich, Anastasia Andreyevna, Professor Persikov, Alexander Yevlampievich, Marya Stepanovna, Vladimir Ipatyich, Grigory Yefimych, Pavel Nikolayevich, Herzen Street, The Heavenly Cap, Mikhail Bulgakov, Pyotr Stepanovich, Alfred Bronsky, Boris Lavrenyov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, Panteleymon Romanov, The Fatal Eggs, Comrade Ruchkin, Good God, Makar Antipych, Semyon Semyonych, Vladimir Ipatievich, Volodka Zavitushkin, Assistant Professor Ivanov, Bolshaya Monetnaya New!
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Born in Tula Province, the son of a petty landowner, Romanov began to publish in earnest only after the Revolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
heavenly cap, woman with the flour, comrade lecturer, chicken plague, woman with the bundle, scarlet ray, district executive committee, revolving stool Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alexander Semyonovich, Anastasia Andreyevna, Professor Persikov, Alexander Yevlampievich, Marya Stepanovna, Vladimir Ipatyich, Grigory Yefimych, Pavel Nikolayevich, Herzen Street, The Heavenly Cap, Mikhail Bulgakov, Pyotr Stepanovich, Alfred Bronsky, Boris Lavrenyov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, Panteleymon Romanov, The Fatal Eggs, Comrade Ruchkin, Good God, Makar Antipych, Semyon Semyonych, Vladimir Ipatievich, Volodka Zavitushkin, Assistant Professor Ivanov, Bolshaya Monetnaya New!
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- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Five Decades: Poems 1925-1970 (Neruda, Pablo) by Pablo Neruda in Back Matter
- A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole in Back Matter
- Six Plays by Clifford Odets in Back Matter
- The Postmoderns: The New American Poetry Revised by Donald Allen in Back Matter
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- The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature (Routledge Companions) by Neil Cornwell in Back Matter
- Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov in Front Matter
- The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature (Routledge Companions) by Neil Cornwell in Back Matter
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