Publisher's Synopsis
The first of an ongoing collection of anthologies which, ultimately, will represent 1001of the world's greatest tales. This first volume includes fiction by 10 authors: Nikolai Gogol, Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz, Valery Larbaud, Yuri Olesha, Mikhail Zoshcenko, Mario Benedetti, Virgilio Pinera, Tommaso Landolfi, Arno Schmidt and Can Xue. Short biographies are included.