Stock in Eastern Europe. The Carousel, Kangaroo and Ruru. This publication comprises prosaic works by the famous Russian emigrant writer Yuz Aleshkovsky. The author"s life and career in the Soviet Union were characteristic of the fate of many non-conformist writers and artists of his time. His best-known works were the anti-Stalinist songs he wrote when he was in prison in the early 1950s. These songs revealed the absurdity of the Soviet life and were sung to a rhythm beaten out on the table..