>The only widely known fun book outside of Russia is Master and Margarita. I pretty sure Chekhov (as an example) is widely known outside of Russia and he's mas

>The only widely known fun book outside of Russia is Master and Margarita. I pretty sure Chekhov (as an example) is widely known outside of Russia and he's master of short fun stories, no? In fact I'd even say he's somewhat more popular in the West than in Russia.