Fairy Tales v. 1. Most of the stories portray the life of people who emigrated from the former Soviet Union. You can find their fantasies and worries, dreams and fears in the soft and ironic characters in the situations of their daily lives. The stories are reprints of favorite LeGeza stories published between 1994-1998 in Russian language magazines and newspapers in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Canada and Israel, including the popular My Grandma s Chevy and Black September. There are several layers of reality co-existing in LeGeza s writing.
Some stories are fantastic, some very down to earth, and some sound like a fairy tales.
Most are a lively combination of all three visions of reality. In his book, irony, realism and romanticism peacefully live together. The writer has a colorful and creative language. His images are bright, detailed and funny. LeGeza is one of the first story tellers of the common life of emigrants in 90s, says A. Polovets, Panorama, Los Angeles.