This book presents three tales that encapsulate Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's gift for creating philosophical, satirical, and lyrical phantasmagorias. It also includes excerpts from his notebooks-aphoristic glimpses of his worldview, moods, humor, and writing methods-and reminiscences of Krzhizhanovsky by his lifelong companion, Anna Bovshek.

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky. Translated by Joanne Turnbull with Nikolai Formozov. Introduction by Caryl Emerson