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Shorter Notices
October 23, 1935 issue

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The article discusses two books "Russia Laughs," by Mikhail Zostchenko and "The Sun Sets in the West," by Myron Brinig. Zostchenko's attitude toward some of the institutions of his native land is the very reverse of reverence and points to the fact that censorship in the Soviet Union has reached a very tolerant stage. One cannot imagine such a collection of stories, satirizing state programs and bureaucratic blunders, being published. In his novel Brinig proves himself to be preeminently a popularizer. That is to say, he takes his material not from life but from other writers; waters it down or dress it up, as the case requires, for public consumption, and counts on public naivete to do the rest.

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BOOKS; RUSSIA Laughs (Book); SUN Sets in the West, The (Book); ZOSTCHENKO, Mikhail; BRINIG, Myron; CENSORSHIP; LITERATURE
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