Sentimental Tales

by Mikhail Zoshchenko

Book Overview

Mikhail Zoshchenko's Sentimental Tales are satirical portraits of small-town characters on the fringes of Soviet society in the first decade of Bolshevik rule. The tales are narrated by one Kolenkorov, who is anything but a model Soviet author: not only is he still attached to the era of the old regime, he is also, quite simply, not a very good writer. Shaped by Zoshchenko's masterful hands--he takes credit for editing the tales in a series of comic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023118378X
• ISBN13: 9780231183789
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"