{"product_id":"the-golovlyov-family-m-e-saltykov-9781468301564","title":"The Golovlyov Family: A Russian Classic of Hypocrisy, Decay, and Domestic Tyranny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA chilling masterpiece of Russian realism that dissects the moral decay of a noble family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this scathing portrait of 19th-century Russian aristocracy, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin chronicles the slow, suffocating collapse of the Golovlyov family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center is Arina Petrovna, a domineering matriarch who rules her estate with iron will and emotional austerity. Her children-weak, vain, and spiritually hollow-drift into ruin, none more hauntingly than Porfiry Vladimirovich, known as \"Little Judas,\" whose pious hypocrisy masks a soul steeped in cruelty and self-delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with biting satire and psychological depth, \u003cem\u003eThe Golovlyov Family\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as Saltykov-Shchedrin's magnum opus and one of the darkest works in Russian literature. It is a novel of generational rot, where love is absent, faith is performative, and the family estate becomes a mausoleum of the living dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. E. Saltykov,S. D. Cioran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 146830156X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781468301564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ardis Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"M. E. Saltykov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799066849535,"sku":"9781468301564","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-golovlyov-family-m-e-saltykov-9781468301564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}