num_pages: 132
description: In this satire of Soviet life, an insecure but much-published novelist, Yefim Rakhlin, learns that the Writers' Union is giving fur hats to its members based on their importance, and that he rates only fluffy tomcat. Translated by Susan Brownsberger.
language: English
title: The Fur Hat
titlecomplete: The Fur Hat
genres: 20th Century, Politics, Russia, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Comedy, Russian Literature, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 665
publisher: HarperVia