Written in the 1830s and early 1840s,these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant faade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters,such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor ('The Nose'),a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success ('Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat ('The Overcoat').Also including the'Diary of Madman',these Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance,masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism,and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.
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Publisher: Alma Books LtdISBN: 9781847493491Number of pages: 192Weight: 176 gDimensions: 198 x 128 mm
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Gogol was a strange creature,but then genius is always strange.
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