Marc Slonim proporciona una admiorable introducción pqara los que se inician por los caminos de la novela, el cuento, el teato y la poesÃa rusos y un recordatorio vivificante para los viejos entusiastas de la gran riqueza de esta literatura y de sus más altos representantes.
In stories, a sparrow can fall in love with a reed, an emperor can walk naked down the street? but whatwould you do if you had to give up what youmost desire? This is the story of a boy and a butterfly,but it isn?t so simple as that? In other words, it is both the magic and real story of a boy, a butterfly,an antique seller, a town.
