Ivan Shmelyov Book order

A Russian émigré writer and member of the Moscow literary group Sreda, his early prose demonstrated a profound understanding of urban life and vernacular language, often employing the narrative techniques of oral folktales. His significant prerevolutionary works, including novellas like The Man From the Restaurant, adhered to the tenets of critical realism. Following his emigration, he penned anti-Soviet stories and books imbued with a deep nostalgia for the pre-revolutionary past, such as The Lord’s Summer.