Short stories of Russia today

the long version

250 p. ; 21 cm. Contents: Loaf sugar / by Konstantin Paustovsky -- Nor-bibi's crime / by Vera Inber -- His first point / by Mihail Prishvin -- A man is born / by Boris Gorbatov -- Foma Zabotkin / by Vasily Ilyenkov -- The mother / by Vasily Riahovsky -- A cavalcade / by Nikolay Tihonov -- The last swimming event / by Boris Lavrenev -- The third A.D.C. / by Konstantin Simonov -- Spring cleaning / by Vera Inber -- Berendey / by Ivan Aramilev -- The night guest / by Yury Nagibin -- The cashier / by Nikolay Voronov -- Fedor Kuzmich of the conservatoire / by Yury Trifonov -- M-yes! ... / by P. Beliavsky and A. Raspevin -- A quiet post / by G. Kalinovsky -- The destroyer / by Sergey Antonov -- Bondage / by Varvara Karbovskaya. Responsibility: edited by Yvonne Kapp ; translated by Tatiana Shebunina.