Mikhail Zoshchenko : Evolution of a Writer (Paperback)

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on translation and transliteration; Part I. Everyone's Favorite Funny Man: 1. The artistic evolution nobody (but the artist) wanted; 2. From fame to infamy: 1921?1958; 3. 'Straight out of Zoshchenko!': the writer as household word; Part II. Deviations from Well-Trod Literary Paths: 4. The Novellas; 5. Biography and 'autobiography'; 6. Children's literature; 7. Youth Restored; 8. A Skyblue Book; 9. Before sunrise; Conclusion: writing literature to heal, shape, reform; Appendix: posthumous recognition and criticism in the USSR and abroad; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.