{"product_id":"the-nose-and-other-stories-9780231190688","title":"The Nose and Other Stories","description":"Nikolai 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nikolai Gogol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231190688","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273936404617,"sku":"9780231190688","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f985ce04-8d93-4768-82c8-7e4fd8324286.jpg?v=1736842500","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-nose-and-other-stories-9780231190688","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}