{"product_id":"the-nose-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Nose and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusanne Fusso\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikolai Gogol's novel \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and play \u003ci\u003eThe Government Inspector\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionized Russian literature and continue to entertain generations of readers around the world. Yet Gogol's peculiar genius comes through most powerfully in his short stories. By turns--or at once--funny, terrifying, and profound, the tales collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Nose and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e are among the greatest achievements of world literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories showcase Gogol's vivid, haunting imagination: an encounter with evil in a darkened church, a downtrodden clerk who dreams only of a new overcoat, a nose that falls off a face and reappears around town on its own, outranking its former owner. Written between 1831 and 1842, they span the colorful setting of rural Ukraine to the unforgiving urban landscape of St. Petersburg to the ancient labyrinth of Rome. Yet they share Gogol's characteristic obsessions--city crowds, bureaucratic hierarchy and irrationality, the devil in disguise--and a constant undercurrent of the absurd. Susanne Fusso's translations pay careful attention to the strangeness and wonder of Gogol's style, preserving the inimitable humor and oddity of his language. \u003ci\u003eThe Nose and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e reveals why Russian writers from Dostoevsky to Nabokov have returned to Gogol as the cornerstone of their unparalleled literary tradition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was born in Ukraine and achieved literary success in St. Petersburg. Among his most famous works are \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Government Inspector\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as short stories set in the Ukrainian countryside and tales of St. Petersburg. He spent some of his most productive years in Rome. Upon his return to Russia, he struggled unsuccessfully to write a sequel to \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, burning the manuscripts not long before his death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusanne Fusso is Marcus L. Taft Professor of Modern Languages and professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies at Wesleyan University. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eDesigning Dead Souls: An Anatomy of Disorder in Gogol\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and she has translated Russian writers including Sergey Gandlevsky.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759981822240,"sku":"9780231190695","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a10966525682ec21b5817a0b6fee516.webp?v=1780167966","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-nose-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}