The History of a Town

Zusatztext A relatively obscure little gem from the unceasingly superb Apollo Classics line offers an equally amusing portrayal of that most complex of nations more than a century ago ... a joyfully surreal and playful novel, which manages to be insightful and prescient at the same time' The Big Issue . Informationen zum Autor Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities. After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov he acted as editor of the well-known Russian magazine, Otechestvenniye Zapiski , until the government banned it in 1884. His best-known work, the novel The Golovlevs , appeared in 1876. Klappentext One of the major satirical novels of modern Russia, Saltykov-Schedrin's hilarious chronicle is a harch criticism of Tsarist Russia, strangely pertinent to today. Zusammenfassung One of the major satirical novels of modern Russia, Saltykov-Schedrin's hilarious chronicle is a harch criticism of Tsarist Russia, strangely pertinent to today.

Commentaire

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Détails du produit

• Auteurs: M E Saltykov-Shchedrin, M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, Michail E. Saltykow-Schtschedrin, Michael Schmidt
• Collaboration: Michael Schmidt (Editeur), Charlotte Hobson (Introduction), Hobson Charlotte (Introduction)
• Edition: Head of Zeus
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9781784975425
• ISBN: 978-1-78497-542-5
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Thèmes: Apollo; Apollo
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Literary, Fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary