Excerpt from Rothschild's Fiddle and Other Stories Yet Yakov made admirable coffins, durable and good. For muzhiks and petty tradespeople he made them all Of on
Eaten away by illness, an elderly coffin maker named Yakov reflects on his lifeāin particular his indifferent relationship with his now-deceased wife, Marfa,
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