Petersburg Tales: New Translation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847493491)

Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant fa軋de 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.

Author: Nikolai Gogol
ISBN-10: 1847493491
ISBN-13: 9781847493491
Publisher: Alma Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2014
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d