The Garnett Book of Russian Folk and Anonymous Verse edited by Anna Pilkington contemporary fiction A boy wants a toy

A boy wants a toy horse big enough to ride

The introduction of the market in the 1990s was a failure that descended into kleptocracy

On the Russian side

Who are his supporters

behind closed doors

The Garnett Book of Russian Folk and Anonymous Verse edited by Anna Pilkington contemporary fiction A boy wants a toyThis is an authoritative, comprehensive and unique selection from the full range of Russian folk verse, from the byliny (heroic epics) of the Middle Ages to the chastushki (satirical quatrains) of today's Russia. Each page of the Russian text has an accurate but readable English prose translation, which will give the reader an insight into one of the richest and most varied, but least known, aspects of Russian culture. Hardback