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An intriguing, fabulously bizarre debut collection of short stories by prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze, author of Simple Stories.These thirty-three macabre, often comical short pieces revolve around moments of odd bliss--moments seized by characters who have found ways to conquer the bleakness of everyday life in the chaotic world of post-communist Russia. Peopled by Mafia gunmen, desperate young prostitutes, bewildered foreign businessmen, and even a trio of hungry devils, the stories are by turns tragic and bleakly funny. From a sly retelling of the legend of St. Nicholas featuring a rich American named Nick, to a lavish gourmet feast in which the young female cook ends up as the main dish, these stories are above all playful and even surreal--and many of them are masterful tributes to Russian writers from Gogol to Nabokov.Translated by John E. Woods.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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33 Moments of Happiness
2007, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories
June 5, 2001, Vintage
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33 Moments of Happiness
November 10, 2000, Picador
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33 moments of happiness: St. Petersburg stories
1998, A.A. Knopf
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