About the book: 2001 / “If Gogol’s humor is “laughter through tears,” Dostoevsky’s humor is laughter through despair, Saltykov’s humor is laughter through contempt, Remizov’s humor is laughter through the feverish delirium, then Teffi’s humor, like Chekhov’s humor, is laughter through a sad sigh: “Oh, people, people!” Man to man, in Teffi’s mind, is by no means a wolf, but, what can you do, he’s quite a fool.” Alexander Amfiteatrov