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Selected Tales, by Nikolai Leskov. The brilliance of this 19th century Russian author is still to be discovered by most Western readers; this collection shows him to be a taleteller of eloquence and subtle power.
Selected Tales, by Nikolai Leskov. The brilliance of this 19th century Russian author is still to be discovered by most Western readers; this collection shows him to be a taleteller of eloquence and subtle power.
When My Girl Comes Home, by V. S. Pritchett. Dry and controlled tales by a Briton with a keen eye for the madness that squirms in view when the ordinary is overturned.
In high school Abrams won nearly every academic and extracurricular honor in sight. As captain and center of the football team, he led his school to an undefeated, untied and unscored-upon season and the championship of Western Massachusetts. One day a West Point graduate lectured at school and enraptured...
Selected Tales, by Nikolai Leskov. In this well translated collection, U.S. readers can sample the half-world of firebirds, angels and demons of the old Russian skaz-a narrative form which the author made famous in his own country.