This book, one of the major 19th century Russian novels (written in 1880), is a portrait of a diseased psyche but also acts as a grim study of the author's Russia, a country spiritually bankrupt, divided by self-interest and the greed of the rich.

The Golovlyov Family

Literature & Fiction

Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail

Literary

Penguin Classics

Contemporary

Signet Classics

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 since its publication, Foolsburg is the farcical chronicle of a fictional town and its hapless inhabitants as they passively endure the violence and lunacy of their rulers. The succession of brutal mayors of the town include such surreal extremes as a man with a music box instead of a brain and one so tall that he snaps in half during a windstorm. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin marries biting satire reminiscent of Jonathan Swift with the fantastical absurdity of Nikolai Gogol, imbued throughout with his own brand of playful wordplay. The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced the first translation of this work into English that successfully captures its zany humor and enduring relevance.

Foolsburg: The History of a Town

Humor & Satire

Vintage

Istoriia odnogo goroda

World Literature

Azbuka

Mihail Saltykov-Schedrin. Maloe sobranie sochineniy

Gospoda Golovlevi

Azbyka-Attikys; Azbyka

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