Edythe Haber is Professor Emerita at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Center Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, USA. She is the author of an acclaimed book on Mikhail Bulgakov’s early years and of many publications on Bulgakov, Teffi, and Nabokov. She wrote the introduction to Teffi’s Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea (2016), which in 2017 was awarded Pushkin House’s “Special Award for Best Book in Translation,” and has been researching and enjoying Teffi’s work for more than 40 years.

• List of PlatesNotes on the TextAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. “An Interesting Bunch”: Family Background and Early Years2. Literary Beginnings, 1898–19083. Ascent, 1908–154. Feasts and Plagues, 1910–165. A Farewell to Russia, Past and Future, 1915–196. Migration, 1919–247. Russia Abroad, 1924–318. A Slippery Slope, 1931–69. Tenderness and Angst, 1936–810. Zigzags in Life and Art, 1938–911. War and Its Aftermath, 1939–4612. Struggle and Perseverance, 1946–5113. Last Works, Last Days, 1952Epilogue: Life after TeffiNotesSelect Bibliography and Further Reading in EnglishIndex

Haber is a scrupulous scholar and she has been researching Teffi’s life and work for 40 years. She takes nothing for granted and backs all her assertions with definite evidence ... an exemplary biographer.

Edythe Haber is Professor Emerita at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Center Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, USA. She is the author of an acclaimed book on Mikhail Bulgakov’s early years and of many publications on Bulgakov, Teffi, and Nabokov. She wrote the introduction to Teffi’s Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea (2016), which in 2017 was awarded Pushkin House’s “Special Award for Best Book in Translation,” and has been researching and enjoying Teffi’s work for more than 40 years.

• List of PlatesNotes on the TextAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. “An Interesting Bunch”: Family Background and Early Years2. Literary Beginnings, 1898–19083. Ascent, 1908–154. Feasts and Plagues, 1910–165. A Farewell to Russia, Past and Future, 1915–196. Migration, 1919–247. Russia Abroad, 1924–318. A Slippery Slope, 1931–69. Tenderness and Angst, 1936–810. Zigzags in Life and Art, 1938–911. War and Its Aftermath, 1939–4612. Struggle and Perseverance, 1946–5113. Last Works, Last Days, 1952Epilogue: Life after TeffiNotesSelect Bibliography and Further Reading in EnglishIndex

Haber is a scrupulous scholar and she has been researching Teffi’s life and work for 40 years. She takes nothing for granted and backs all her assertions with definite evidence ... an exemplary biographer.

Edythe Haber is Professor Emerita at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Center Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, USA. She is the author of an acclaimed book on Mikhail Bulgakov’s early years and of many publications on Bulgakov, Teffi, and Nabokov. She wrote the introduction to Teffi’s Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea (2016), which in 2017 was awarded Pushkin House’s “Special Award for Best Book in Translation,” and has been researching and enjoying Teffi’s work for more than 40 years.

• List of PlatesNotes on the TextAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. “An Interesting Bunch”: Family Background and Early Years2. Literary Beginnings, 1898–19083. Ascent, 1908–154. Feasts and Plagues, 1910–165. A Farewell to Russia, Past and Future, 1915–196. Migration, 1919–247. Russia Abroad, 1924–318. A Slippery Slope, 1931–69. Tenderness and Angst, 1936–810. Zigzags in Life and Art, 1938–911. War and Its Aftermath, 1939–4612. Struggle and Perseverance, 1946–5113. Last Works, Last Days, 1952Epilogue: Life after TeffiNotesSelect Bibliography and Further Reading in EnglishIndex

Haber is a scrupulous scholar and she has been researching Teffi’s life and work for 40 years. She takes nothing for granted and backs all her assertions with definite evidence ... an exemplary biographer.