Publishers Weekly, March 15th, 1991
CHARCOAL SKETCHES: And Other Tales
Zamoyski's sprightly new translation demonstrates that even the passage of a century cannot disguise the wit or lessen the bite of these three novellas by Sienkiewics, the Polish writer best known for his historical novel Quo Vadis? "Charcoal Sketches" uses broad humor to depict the plight of the common folk in the village of Wollyhead who are subject to the rule of the Russian Tsar and, more directly, to the whims of his appointed representative, Mr. Skrofulowski. Meanwhile, they are abandoned by the traditional sources of authority - t...
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