Το βιβλίο αυτό περιλαμβάνει μια ανθολόγηση των καλύτερων διηγημάτων της κλασικής Ρώσικης Πεζογραφίας (1800 μέχρι την Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση) και της Σύγχρονης Σοβιετικής Πεζογραφίας (1917 μέχρι τις μέρες μας). Θα διαβάσουμε έργα των: Τουργκένιεφ, Σάλτικωφ-Στσέντριν, Τολστόι, Πομιαλόφσκυ, Τσέχωφ, Γκόρκι, Μπούνιν, Κούπριν.
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860), and Fathers and Sons (1862).
These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.