No writer has captured the absurdity of the human condition as
acutely as Nikolai Gogol. In a lively new translation by Oliver
Ready, this collection contains his great classic stories - 'The
Overcoat', 'The Nose' and 'Diary of a Madman' - alongside lesser
known gems depicting life in the Russian and Ukrainian countryside.
Together, they reveal Gogol's marvelously skewed perspective,
moving between the urban and the rural with painfully sharp humour
and scorching satire. Strikingly modern in his depictions of
society's shambolic structures, Gogol plunders the depths of
bureaucratic and domestic banalities to unearth moments of dark
comedy and outrageous corruption. Defying categorisation, the
stories in this collection range from the surreal to the satirical
to the grotesque, united in their exquisite psychological acuteness
and tender insights into the bizarre irrationalities of the human
soul.
General
| Imprint: |
Pushkin Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Pushkin Classics |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| Authors: |
Nikolai Gogol
|
| Translators: |
Oliver Ready
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80533-033-2 |
| Subtitles: |
Russian
|
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-80533-033-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781805330332 |
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