Teffi was one of 20th century Russia's most celebrated authors. Born Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya in 1872, she came to be admired by an impressive range of people – from Tsar Nicholas II to Lenin – and her p
One of the foremost Russian writers of the Soviet period, Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) has attracted much critical attention. But Edythe Haber is the first to explore in depth his formative years, to
Considered Teffi’s single greatest work, Memories: From Moscow to the Black Seais a deeply personal account of the author’s last months in Russia and Ukraine, suffused with her acute awareness of the
