![]() ![]() Likewise with Zoshchenko who can say more about life for the ordinary person under the crushing behemoth of early Soviet Union bureaucracy with his quick-paced, thinly paragraphed, conversational short-short vignettes than one would ever expect from a Russian writer. For instance, Lawson’s “ On the Edge of a Plain” is only around five-hundred words long yet is more densely packed with information than many stories five times its length. (Or, less commonly, the anecdote.) This is style of writing that strips down the word count, but not necessarily the focus. ![]() Like Australia’s Henry Lawson, Mikhail Zoshchenko is a master of a particular type of short story: the short short story or, as it is sometimes called, the vignette. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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