Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade 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’, these 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.
Pietro Zveteremich Libros


El Doctor Jivago
- 446 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Barcelona. 21 cm. 446 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Narrativa actual', numero coleccion(8). Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago. Revisión a partir del original ruso, Yolanda Martínez. Traducción de: Doktor Zivago. Gutiérrez, Fernando. 1911-1984. Narrativa actual (RBA Editores. 1994). 8 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 84-473-0681-X