{"title":"Nikolai Gogol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a unique blend of satire and surreal storytelling that delves into the depths of human nature and society. His works often explore themes of identity, bureaucracy, and the absurdity of everyday life, presented through vivid characters and sharp wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a mix of striking narratives from biting social commentary to fantastical tales, such as those found in \u003cem\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nose and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. Gogol's writing captivates with its imaginative style and profound insights into 19th-century life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gogol-collected-tales-by-nikolai-gogol-9781841593159","title":"Gogol Collected Tales","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed translators of \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e comes this superb translation of the short fiction of Nikolai Gogol, the nineteenth-century Russian master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCollected here are Gogol's finest tales—stories that combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city dweller—allowing readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka. 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, and the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wholly unique blend of satire and realism that Gogol crafted established his reputation as one of the most daring and inventive writers of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494879940844,"sku":"9781841593159","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18830623482843.jpg?v=1748464204"},{"product_id":"dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol-9780300060997","title":"Dead Souls","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGogol's 1842 novel \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, a comic masterpiece about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, is one of the major works of Russian literature. It was translated into English in 1942 by Bernard Guilbert Guerney; the translation was hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as \"an extraordinarily fine piece of work\" and is still considered the best translation of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e ever published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLong out of print, the Guerney translation of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is now reissued. The text has been made more faithful to Gogol's original by removing passages that Guerney inserted from earlier drafts of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e. The text is accompanied by Susanne Fusso's introduction and by appendices that present excerpts from Guerney's translations of other drafts of Gogol's work and letters Gogol wrote around the time of the writing and publication of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am delighted that Guerney's translation of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e [is] available again. It is head and shoulders above all the others, for Guerney understands that to 'translate' Gogol is necessarily to undertake a poetic recreation, and he does so brilliantly.\" - Robert A. Maguire, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Guerney translation of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is the only translation I know of that makes any serious attempt to approximate the qualities of Gogol's style—exuberant, erratic, 'Baroque,' bizarre.\" - Hugh McLean, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A splendidly revised and edited edition of Bernard Guerney's classic English translation of Gogol's \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e. The distinguished Gogol scholar Susanne Fusso may have brought us as close as the English reader may ever expect to come to Gogol's masterpiece. No student, scholar, or general reader will want to miss this updated, refined version of one of the most delightful and sublime works of Russian literature.\" - Robert Jackson, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998011478252,"sku":"9780300060997","price":82.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22607713482294.jpg?v=1763204406"},{"product_id":"dead-souls-new-translation-by-nikolai-gogol-9781847496287","title":"Dead Souls: New Translation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and somewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner’s estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not clear what Chichikov’s intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite his attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone in the town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, \u003cem\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/em\u003e has been revered since its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of nineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian society is a lasting tribute to Gogol’s comic genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558915096812,"sku":"9781847496287","price":16.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781847496287-dead-souls-new-translation.jpg?v=1776921370"},{"product_id":"the-nose-and-other-stories-by-nikolai-gogol-9780231190695","title":"The Nose and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNikolai Gogol's novel \u003cem\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/em\u003e and play \u003cem\u003eThe Government Inspector\u003c\/em\u003e revolutionised Russian literature and continue to entertain generations of readers around the world. Yet Gogol's peculiar genius comes through most powerfully in his short stories. By turns—or at once—funny, terrifying, and profound, the tales collected in \u003cem\u003eThe Nose and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e are among the greatest achievements of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories showcase Gogol's vivid, haunting imagination: an encounter with evil in a darkened church, a downtrodden clerk who dreams only of a new overcoat, a nose that falls off a face and reappears around town on its own, outranking its former owner. Written between 1831 and 1842, they span the colourful setting of rural Ukraine to the unforgiving urban landscape of St. Petersburg to the ancient labyrinth of Rome. 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