: Readers praise his ability to strip away layers of falsehood from Soviet reality through pathos-less wit. He is often cited as the best practitioner of revealing the "endemic absurdity" of the USSR.
: Some readers find the episodic "tales about nothing" boring or overly long if they do not enjoy the picaresque style or the specific "national flavor" of the setting. Digital Reading (FB2 Context)
Fazil Iskander (1929–2016) was an Abkhaz-Russian writer who became a cultural phenomenon in the late Soviet era. His work is celebrated for its , which he used to subvert and "neuter" the absurdity of the Soviet system. Unlike many of his contemporaries who wrote heavy, tragic dissents, Iskander used laughter as a tool to reveal truth and untether reality from official etiquette. Major Work: " Sandro of Chegem "
