Valerian Pidmohylnyi’s The City was a landmark event in the history of Ukrainian literature. Written by a master craftsman in full control of the texture, rhythm, and tone of the text, the novel tells the story of Stepan, a young man from the provinces who moves to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, and achieves success as a writer through a succession of romantic encounters with women.

The collection includes stories and short stories by Tolstoy's late works (1885-1903): ‘Kholstomer’, ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’, ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’, ‘After the Ball’, ‘Notes of a Madman’, ‘Master and Worker’, ‘Father Sergius’.