A collection of modern short stories, including authors such as Agatha Christie, Doris Lessing, W. Somerset Maugham and many-many more. The preface and commentaries are in Russian.
CONTENTS:
Stan Barstow "The Search for Tommy Flynn"
Herbert Ernest Bates "How Vainly Men Themselves Amaze"
Joyce Cary "Period Piece"
Sid Chaplin "The Thin Seam"
Agatha Christie "The Nemean Lion"
John Collier "Back for Christmas"
Lawrence Durrell "The Little Affair in Paris"
David Garnett "Letting Down the Side"
Brian Glanville "The Thing He Loves"
Leslie Poles Hartley "W.S."
Susan Hill "A Bit of Singing and Dancing"
Francis King "Making It All Right"
Doris Lessing "England Versus England"
W. Somerset Maugham "The Force of Circumstance"
Victor Sawdon Pritchett "The Sailor"
William Sansom "The Vertical Ladder"
Muriel Spark "Curtain Blown by the Breeze"
William Trevor "The Day We Got Drunk on Cake"
John Wain "The Life Guard"
Angus Wilson "A Bit Off the Map"
457 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978