The Supervisor of the Sea

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The Supervisor of the Sea, by Emil Draitser, is a collection of short stories.

[edit] Synopsis

The longer and more serious stories of an acclaimed author that move from Russia to America to the fantastic beyond. Includes the celebrated "Wedding in Brighton Beach" and "Faithful Masha."

[edit] Reviews

Russian literature has never known such a book. In Draitser's stories, America and Russia are whimsically yet inseparably intertwined. Draitser's humor is so deeply philosophical that the reader doesn't notice at times where the comedy ends and the tragedy begins.

– World Literature Today

Draitser transforms an event into a story, and his method, which he has brought to mastery, consists in taking a situation to the point of absurdity and then making this absurdity a reality... Draitser's language is precise and expansive, his storyline is meticulously designed, his colors are rich.

– Novoye Russkoye Slovo (The New Russian Word), New York