This book is a collection of short stories written by Vladimir Korolenko, a Ukrainian-born Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist, and humanitarian o

"Birds of Heaven and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by Vladimir Korolenko, a Russian writer, an opponent of the Tsarist regime in his early yea

The writings of Vladimir Korolenko have been likened to “a fresh breeze blowing through the heavy air of a hospital.” The hospital is the pessimistic litera