Mother Russia - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of short stories from Russian authors. This selection features titles and authors from a vibrant culture with a turbulent history and present, which gave rise to world class literature. Get glimpse of the Russian spirit with greats like Dostoyevsky, Chekhov and Bulgakov or with persecuted and forgotten talents like Shalamov, Nekrasov and Kharms.

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Russia

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

classics - despair - melancholy - Russia - surreal

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Russia

Anatoly Kuznetsov

The Extra

communism - funny - history - satire - witty

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Russia

Daniil Kharms

An Unexpected Bender | The Cashier

absurd - communism - funny - political - satire - Soviet Russia - witty

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Israel

Alice Bialsky

Dance of the Swans

coming of age - communism - funny - music - witty

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Russia

Evgeny Schwartz

Two Brothers

allegory - Christmas - classics - dark - fairy-tale - Soviet Russia

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Russia

Mikhail Bulgakov

The Blizzard

Christmas - classics - Soviet Russia

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Russia

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

Quadraturin

communism - funny - history - satire - Soviet Russia - surreal - witty - working class

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Russia

Isaac Babel

My First Goose

absurd - classics - communism - nihilism - political - satire

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Russia

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Novel in Nine Letters

affair - epistolary - funny - Russia - satire - witty

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