The Galosh

The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire 1918-1963

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

Nervous People and Other Satires

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, lying, and

Scenes from the Bathhouse: And Other Stories of Communist Russia

Uproariously funny stories that give a behind-the-scenes look at daily life in the Soviet Union of Zoshchenko's time