During this period he was, along with Sergei Dovlatov, in a "group of aspiring young writers called Gorozhane (The Townsmen) — a group that included Vladimir Maramzin, Valery Popov, Boris Vakhtin, and Igor Yefimov.

"[2] Jekaterina Young writes of these early stories:The emphasis is upon the narrator's complex reactions and the construction of a world that is unusual and even absurd.

The events narrated appear random; the author is not concerned to tell a story about a specific character.

[3]His later works, "depicting surreal post-Soviet life, such as Days in the Harem (1994) and She-rascal (1996), utilize elements of the picaresque novel.

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