YUriya Karlovicha Oleshu (1899-1960) v krugu pisatelej-sovremennikov nazyvali "korolyom metafor." Olesha ne umel pisat "temno i vyalo," dlinno i skuchno, ego proza iskritsya blestyaschimi obrazami i aforizmami, chut li ne kazhdyj abzats po yomkosti i zakonchennosti ravnotsenen...
Andrei Babichev is a paragon of Soviet values, an innovative and practical man, Director of the Food Industry Trust, a man whose vision encompasses such future advances for mankind as the 35-kopeck sausage and the self-peeling potato. Out of kindness, he rescues from the gutter...