The Dragon: Fifteen Stories (English and Russian Edition) by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Mirra Ginsburg (Translator).
Waaaaay overdue for a reprint! These stories are very stylish and quite eternal. I crave more, Zamyatin's plays and letters and other assorted things--most of which are only shady .pdf files or very cheap-looking public domain printoffs. Who even knows the translation quality... but my copy is Mirra Ginsburg, so, rock solid. I don't care what Pevear says, I love Ginsburg. Volkhonsky also, what she says, it doesn't turn me to stone. Mirra Ginsburg's Master and Margarita cannot be topped. Here are the contents: Translator Intro Letter to Stalin A Provincial Tale The Dragon The Protectress of Sinners Two Tales for Grown-up Children: The Church of God and The Ivans The North The Cave The Healing of the Novice Erasmus In Old Russia A Story about the Most Important Thing The Miracle of Ash Wednesday X Comrade Churygin has the Floor The Flood The Lion While some feel early in skill, none I found unfit for reading, all bear the mark of this writer's genius--uncanny ...