Anatoly Marienhof (Author) Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962) was a poet, novelist, dramatist and memoirist. Marienhof became a leading figure of the avant-garde Imaginist movement, and was the author of the novels The Novel without Lies (1926) and Cynics (1928).Bryan Karetnyk (Translator) Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include major works by Yuri Felsen, Gaito Gazdanov and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.

A sparky, dashing translation by Bryan Karetnyk... The comedy is sprightly and even silly [...] but it takes a darker turn as the story progresses. It can’t end well — and it doesn’t — but Cynics delivers an awful lot of fun along the way

Anatoly Marienhof (Author) Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962) was a poet, novelist, dramatist and memoirist. Marienhof became a leading figure of the avant-garde Imaginist movement, and was the author of the novels The Novel without Lies (1926) and Cynics (1928).Bryan Karetnyk (Translator) Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include major works by Yuri Felsen, Gaito Gazdanov and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.

A sparky, dashing translation by Bryan Karetnyk... The comedy is sprightly and even silly [...] but it takes a darker turn as the story progresses. It can’t end well — and it doesn’t — but Cynics delivers an awful lot of fun along the way

Anatoly Marienhof (Author) Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962) was a poet, novelist, dramatist and memoirist. Marienhof became a leading figure of the avant-garde Imaginist movement, and was the author of the novels The Novel without Lies (1926) and Cynics (1928).Bryan Karetnyk (Translator) Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include major works by Yuri Felsen, Gaito Gazdanov and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.

A sparky, dashing translation by Bryan Karetnyk... The comedy is sprightly and even silly [...] but it takes a darker turn as the story progresses. It can’t end well — and it doesn’t — but Cynics delivers an awful lot of fun along the way