Abram Tertz is the pseudonym of Andrei Sinyavsky, the exile Soviet dissident writer whose works have been compared to fabulists like Kafka and Borges. Tertz's settings are exotic but familiar and as compelling as those of lunatics and mystics. This edition contains the nightmarish "Pkhentz," a story missing from the first English edition.

"A brilliant, even savage satirist." —Harrison Salisbury, New York Times

"This is a memorable volume by a very talented, sometimes visionary, writer." —Library Journal