CONTENTS Introduction vii Envy (1927) 1 The Chain (1929) 123 Love (1928) 131 Lyompa (1928) 141 The Cherry Stone (1929) 147 Aldebaran (1931) 159 From the Secret Notebook of Fellow-Traveler Sand (1931) 167 Natasha (1936) 181 I Look into the Past (1928) 185 Human Material (1928) 195 Jottings of a Writer (1930) 201 Speech to the First Congress of Soviet Writers (1934) 213 A List of Assets (1931) 221