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This book contains the narrative work of the great Russian writer, A. P. Chekhov, from the years 1888-1892. In it, we will no longer encounter the small humorous stories with which "Antoša Čehonte" brilliantly began his career in humor magazines.
The novel follows Boris Kostomarov, an engineer in Soviet Russia, who, through conflicts with bureaucracy, moral questioning, and the fates of people in remote forests, reveals the complexity of Soviet society and the price of personal conscience.
The story of a girl named Olya Ilymeneva in a pre-revolutionary Russian village and province. Through a folkloric, ornamental style, Remizov describes her life, family, pilgrims, everyday life, and spiritual quest on the "blue field" of the Russian land.
The Golden Calf (1931) is a brilliant satirical picaresque adventure, a sequel to the legendary 12 Chairs, where the great schemer Ostap Bender returns in full glory – charming, cynical, irredeemably cunning and always one step ahead of everyone else.
Ivan Lukaš's novel depicts the tragic love story of the great Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The novel follows his unrequited love, artistic struggle, alcoholism, and decline in 19th-century imperial Russia.
The work depicts the process of creating a literary hero and mocks bureaucracy, superficiality, and the artificial creation of "ideal" stories according to predetermined rules.