by Dostoevsky and Hernandez

Two Crocodileshighlights two literary masters from opposite ends of the world – Russia’s Fyodor Dostoevsky and Uruguay’s Felisberto Hernndez. Dostoevsky’s crocodile, cruelly displayed in a traveling sideshow, gobbles whole a pretentious high-ranking civil servant. But the functionary survives unscathed and seizes his new unique platform to expound to the fascinated public. Dostoevsky’sCrocodileis a matchless, hilarious satire.

Hernandez’sCrocodile, on the other hand, while also terribly funny, is a heartbreaker. A pianist struggling to make ends meet as a salesman finds success when he begins to weep before clients and audience alike, but then he can’t stop the crocodile tears.