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These stories conjure a vanished Russia, where Orthodox Christianity coexists with the shapeshifters and house spirits of ancient folk belief. Celebrated for her sublime wit and graceful style, Teffi here plumbs the darker aspects of psychology, infusing
'Amazingly modern, as easy to devour, as, well, a box of chocolates' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Heartbreaking as well as very funny. I wish she were still alive, and I could have met her. But then I realised she would have seen right through me&#
Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia,