Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol’s wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for dead souls–deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them–we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov’s proposition. This lively, idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel’s lyricism, humor, and delight in human oddity and error.
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Batiscafo
Published: 11/22/2022
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9788418930898
Language: Spanish
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