{"product_id":"the-collected-tales-of-nikolai-gogol-paperback","title":"The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A superb new translation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) of stories that allow readers to experience the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Nikolai Gogol left his Ukrainian village in 1828 to seek his fortune in St. Petersburg, he began composing these marvelous stories--tales that combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city-dweller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected here are Gogol's finest tales--from the demon-haunted \"St. John's Eve\" to the strange surrealism of \"The Nose,\" from the heartrending trials of the copyist in \"The Overcoat\" to those of the delusional clerk in \"The Diary of a Madman.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo this exquisite translation--destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's short fiction--Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky bring the same clarity and fidelity to the original that they brought to their brilliant translation of Gogol's classic novel \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and their award-winning version of Dostoevsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Ukraine in 1809 and died in 1852. Originally trained as a painter, he became interested in the theater and was soon known for his plays and short stories, notably \"The Diary of a Madman\" (1834), \"The Nose\" (1836), and \"The Overcoat\" (1842). \u003ci\u003eDead Souls, \u003c\/i\u003e his novel, was published in 1842. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of Boston, and \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of Leningrad, are married and live in France. Their translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e won the PEN\/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky are \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e by Nikolai Gogol and \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment, Demons, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e by Fyodor Dostoevsky.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.01 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44067264069766,"sku":"9780375706158","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/KEfADdJ6sN9780375706158.webp?v=1781475093","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/the-collected-tales-of-nikolai-gogol-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}