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Аннотация: Petersburg Tales
| Автор/составитель | Гоголь Николай Васильевич |
| Серия | Evergreens |
| Год выпуска | 2022 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84749-349-1 |
| Производитель | Alma Books |
| Издательство | Alma |
| Количество томов | 1 |
| Количество страниц | 188 |
| Переплет | Мягкая обложка |
| Размеры | 198x127x15 мм |
| Страна изготовления | Великобритания |
| Тип бумаги | офсетная (60-220 г/м2) |
| Стандарт | 1 |
| Вес | 176 |
| Язык | английский |
Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant facade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor ('The Nose'), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success ('Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat ('The Overcoat'). Also including the 'Diary of Madman', this new translation of Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.
