Embezzlers. Time, Forward!

The book of the recognized master of prose features the satirical novella «Embezzlers» about two hapless swindlers who squandered institutional funds in a drunken spree, and the novel-chronicle «Time, Forward!» - about the enthusiasts of socialist construction. Together they create... a substantial and accurate image of Soviet life in the twenties and thirties of the last century.

«Embezzlers» — I am sure it is the best work written by Kataev.
Stanislav Rassadin

I wanted «Time, Forward!» to carry the imprint of the era.
I wanted my chronicle to maintain interest for the future reader, being for them a chronicle that is already somewhat «historical».
Valentin Kataev