Gaito Gazdanov ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Bryan Karetnyk. Varlam Shalamov ; translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Donald Rayfield. Marina Tsvetaeva ; translated from the Russian, edited, and with an introduction by Jamey Gambrell. Kurt Tucholsky ; translated from the German and with an introduction by Michael Hofmann. José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese and with an introduction by Giovanni Pontiero. translated from the Japanese with an introduction by Lucien Stryk. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; with an introduction by Andrey Kurkov. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; with an introduction by Terry Gilliam. Ivan Turgenev ; translated from the Russian by Isaiah Berlin ; with an introduction by V.S. Pritchett. Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny ; introduction by Will Self.