A collection of short stories edited by Peter Reddaway from the pen of contemporary young writers such as Bitov and Urusov, whose main concern is with the personal psychology and problems of young people, the linking of personal confusion with wider social issues such as censorship and that rejection by the young of the inhibited dull and conformist Life of their parents. The English translations which are printed in a parable text, are both literary and close to the Russian, and there are detailed notes and biographies to help student.