Joyful Life

Mikhail Zoshchenko is one of the greatest Russian writers of the 20th century. His stories continue to be popular with readers. Zoshchenko became famous throughout Russia in the 1920s and 1930s. He received letters, admired fans visited his home, and numerous magazines fought for his stories... The secret of Zoshchenko's success lies in the fact that his talent goes far beyond the satirical genre; according to V. Shalamov, «Zoshchenko was the creator of a new form, a completely new way of thinking in literature... His stories are untranslatable, like poetry». This edition includes the most famous humorous stories and feuilletons, such as «The Aristocrat», «The Bathhouse», «Nervous People», «The History of an Illness» and others, which have become a kind of hallmark of the author.