Foolsburg: The History of a Town - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)Publish date:2024-08-13Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780593687314ISBN-10:593687310UPC:9780593687314Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Humorous, ClassicsBook Topic:RussiaSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCXJ9TRZ78
The award-winning translators bring us a new translation of an 1870 comic novel by Russia's greatest satirist--whose mockery of Russian autocracy is as relevant as ever. "Pevear and Volokhonsky [are the] reigning translators of Russian literature. . . . In Russia, The History of a Town is read in schools and regarded as a masterpiece of 19th-century satire. . . . [This new translation] is an...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780593687314ISBN-10:593687310UPC:9780593687314Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Humorous, ClassicsBook Topic:RussiaSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCXJ9TRZ78
MIKHAIL SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN (1826-1889), known during his life by his pen name, Nikolai Shchedrin, was a major Russian writer and satirist. Born to a noble family, he worked as a civil servant while writing for and editing radical journals, which led to a banishment of seven years. His most famous novels are the family saga The Golovlyov Family (1880) and the political satire The History of a Town...
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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