The seven stories included in this book are selected from the collections of short stories published by Maxim Gorky, and the translator translated them from a very precise translation into French, the language through which we, as Arab readers, knew most of the famous examples of Russian literature, before translations from the Russian original were directly available to us. Without going through an intermediate language.
Gorky, famous for his immortal novels, the most famous of which is "Mother," published several volumes that included his short stories, including his collection "Stories About Heroes," then "Stories," which includes twelve stories: Makar Chudra - My Companion on the Road - Grandfather Arkhip and Leonka - The Old Man Izergil - Chelkash - Once Upon a Time in the Autumn - The Osprey's Song - Konvalov - Malva - Twenty-Six Men and One Girl - In America, the City of the Yellow Devil - The Storm's Ode, and then "Stories from around Russia", including: The Birth of a Man - The Sliding Ice - The Great Sorrows - First Love, which also includes his collection "Stories about Italy," which includes five stories: "The Strike - The Children of Parma - The Tunnel - The Mother - Nuncia - Pip."