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The galosh (2000)

The galosh (2000)

Humor Short Stories

Mikhail Zoshchenko

Year: 2000
Authors: Mikhail Zoshchenko
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Though little known to English readers, Zoshchenko was one of the most popular writers in early Soviet Russiaa̮ time when, as Hicks explains in a useful introduction to this collection of brief comic tales, satire was not yet prohibited by the authorities. Describing himself as "a temporary substitute for the proletarian writer," Zoshchenko wrote in a deliberately simple style, filling his pages with corrupt officials, petty thieves, and confused bureaucrats.