In one of this author's plays, most characters are indifferent to the sudden news of a girl's death, but it makes one man yearn for a faraway city with a "hospital for organisms.
In one of this author's plays, most characters are indifferent to the sudden news of a girl's death, but it makes one man yearn for a faraway city with a "hospital for organisms." That play's cast of characters include a devout Muslim named Tartar and a nameless actor simply called Actor. This author moved to Capri to escape the political climate of his home country, where he was honored by having an amusement park named after him. This author pioneered the genre of (*) socialist realism in his novel The Mother, though he is best known for a play in which the thief Luka listens to stories told by the inhabitants of a crowded boarding house. For 10 points, name this Russian author of The Lower Depths.
In one of this author's plays, most characters are indifferent to the sudden news of a girl's death, but it makes one man yearn for a faraway city with a "hospital for organisms.
Maxim Gorky [or Alexei Maximovich Peshkov]