The diary of a madman: the government inspector and selected stories

R$ 73,90

Sinopse

Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty beaurocracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire, "The Government Inspector" has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play every written. The stories gathered here, meanwhile, range from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. They include "Diary of a Madman", an amusing but disturbing exploration of insanity; "Nevsky Prospect", a depiction of an artist besotted with a prostitute; and "The Overcoat", a moving consideration of poverty that powerfully influenced Dostoevsky and later Russian literature.

Participantes

Autor: Nikolai Gogol

Tradutor: Ronald Wilks

Autor

NIKOLAI GOGOL

Nicolai Gógol (1809-1852) nasceu na Ucrânia e faleceu em Moscou (no antigo Império Russo). Apesar de ser um autor realista, seus textos têm muitos traços do que, no início do século XX, seria a estética surrealista. O vigor da obra de Gógol fez com que ele fosse considerado o maior escritor russo da primeira metade do século XIX, tendo iniciado o Realismo na literatura russa e influenciado grandes escritores, como Dostoiévski e Melville.