The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol translated & annotated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky [FIRST EDITION THUS] 1998 • Pantheon

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol translated & annotated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky 

FIRST EDITION THUS [1998] PANTHEON BOOKS

Second printing / 1998.

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.

Like new with mild shelf wear.  Original price in tact on front panel of dust jacket.

Dust jacket ships in a new archival quality jacket protector.

ABOUT THE BOOK

In the first new translation of the Russian writer's short fiction in twenty-five years, an award-winning pair of translators presents his satirical and fantastic tales of downtrodden characters who are set upon by the powers that be.

For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.

Contains:

-St. John's Eve
-The Night Before Christmas
-The Terrible Vengeance
-Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt
-Old World Landowners
-Viy
-The Story of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
-Nevsky Prospect
-The Diary of a Madman
-The Nose
-The Carriage
-The Portrait
-The Overcoat