Moscow in the 1930s is the consummate symbol of the Soviet paradise, a fairy-tale capital where, in Stalin’s words, ?life has become better, life has become merrier”. In Happy Moscow Platonov exposes
An NYRB Classics OriginalMoscow Chestnova is a bold and glamorous girl, a beautiful parachutist who grew up with the Revolution. As an orphan, she knew tough times—but things are changing now. Comrade
Beautiful, passionate, Moscow Chestnova bears her captial's name, and seeks the happiness it promises. She flits from man to man, fascinated by the brave new world supposedly taking shape around her,
Booked to perform on a Russian river cruise up the Volga from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the Happy Hoofers, a group of unstoppable 50-something tap dancers, must use their fancy footwork to catch a kil
