The Wonderful Dog & Other Tales
Russian author Michael Zoshchcenko's 1942 short stories
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19 × 13cm, 180pp.
"A collection of short stories by a Soviet writer in a translation which reads like an original. The Russian man-in-the-street voices his bewilderment at the incongruities which arise when social reforms have been sweeping and when the letter rather than the spirit of the underlying idea has been followed. Many aspects of life under the Soviets are touched upon, and the humour has a captivating quality of deceptive naivety. The book provides a subtle corrective to 'serious' publications on Soviet Russia."
Condition
A good copy, but with some age-related tanning to the pages due to the wartime economy paper, darker tanning to the page edges, and the dustwrapper is creased and a little chipped to the edges but the book remains in strong readable condition.
Price
£20.00
