Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Translator's Introduction x
5. Prose
6. Introduction 3
7. Self-Statement 6
8. A Sinner’s Seduction 10
9. The I-Singer of Universong 12
10. Hooder 20
11. Murksong 23
12. A Simple Story 24
13. A Schoolgirl’s Story 25
14. Youngman Mecrocosm 28
15. The Dead Son Leaves His Burial Mound 29
16. Easter Day 30
17. Okó 33
18. “Lubny is a strange, godforsaken town” 36
19. “Kolya was a handsome boy” 38
20. Mountain People 40
21. A Heart of Steel 45
22. Nikolai 48
23. Usa-Gali 53
24. Ka 56
25. Notes from the Past 75
26. “I went to Asoka” 81
27. “We climbed aboard” 82
28. Dream 83
29. “Once again I followed the yellow paths” 85
30. The Scythian Headdress: Α Mysterium 88
31. “Does a story have to start with childhood” 96
32. “You could swim” 99
33. “No one will deny” 100
34. Yasir 103
35. October on the Neva 116
36. The Hunt 123
37. The Scarlet Saber 124
38. Before the War 139
39. “Whose idea was it anyway ?” 144
40. Razin: Two Trinities 146
41. The Willow Twig 150
42. Plays
43. Introduction 155
44. Snowhite 157
45. The Girl-God 171
46. The Little Devil 197
47. The Marquise des S. 218
48. Asparuh 230
49. “Laughing-Eyes” 235
50. Mrs. Laneen 237
51. Backworlds 242
52. “A coarse black face” 250
53. Miss Death Makes a Mistake 252
54. “A street of the future” 259
55. The Gods 261
56. The Tuberculosis Spirochete 269
57. Supersagas
58. Introduction 275
59. Otter’s Children 278
60. War in a Mousetrap 308
61. Azia Unbound 322
62. Zangezi 331
63. Notes, Indexes
64. Notes 377
65. Russian Index of Titles 402
66. English Index of Titles 403