The Gariks of Igor Guberman are renowned throughout the Russian-speaking world. It is no wonder that the author has been dubbed the "master of poetic miniatures"; reading his witty, sharp quatrains is an extraordinary pleasure. Beneath the apparent simplicity of form lies eternal truths that are so easily forgotten. This edition for the first time brings together under one cover collections of Gariks, part of which was released only as part of the author's prose texts: "Gariks from Atlantis," "Twilight Gariks," "Sprinkles of Antiquity," "The Club of Wise Bells," and "From Five and Upward."