The History of One City. Tales

This collection presents the best satirical works of Saltykov-Shchedrin, which have become a treasure of national literature. The novel-pamphlet The History of One City, where behind the ironic grotesque of the incredible story of the fictional city of Glupov lies a very real Russian province - a province of embezzlement and servility, total corruption, and unrestrained tyranny of the powerful. Fables and parables, scathingly mocking the ruling classes, bureaucracy, and politicians. Fables that we reread in adulthood, and they resonate completely differently…