Foolsburg
The History of a Town
$37.77
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2024
Summary
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 newly relevant in the age of Putin.
A major classic in Russia, though not as well known in the West, Foolsburg—The History of a Certain Town is a farcical chronicle of the fictional town of Glupov (which translates to “Stupidville” or “Foolsburg”) and its hapless inhabitants as they passively endure the violence and lunacy of thei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593687314 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593687310 |
| Author: | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Richard Pevear |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 237g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm |
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“There is a Putinesque leader of the town who dreams of restoring Russia’s former glory … and a character named Trump (an exact translation of Kozyr), a ‘simple ragpicker’ who takes advantage of crisis to make money and switches from one party to another for political gain… . Volokhonsky called the book timeless, adding that, ‘it’s very much bound with Russian history, but it’s also about the human condition’.” —The New York Times
About The Author
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
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 (1870).
About the Translators- RICHARD PEVEAR and LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY have translated works by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, Bulgakov, Leskov, and Pasternak. They were twice awarded the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize (for Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov and Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina). They are married and live in France.
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