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The Nose is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol written during his time living in St. Petersburg. During this time, Gogol's works were primarily focused on surrealism and the grotesque, with a romantic twist. Written between 1835 and 1836, The Nose tells the story of a St. Petersburg official whose nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own. The Nose was originally published in The Contemporary, a literary journal owned by Alexander Pushkin.

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town with a bizarre but seductive proposition for local landowners. He proposes to buy the names of their serfs who have died but who are still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them. But what collateral will Chichikov receive for these "souls"?

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Platon Ilici Garin, medic de provincie, își propune să ajungă cu orice preţ la datorie, în Dolgoe, unde o boală misterioasă transformă oamenii în zombi. Pentru că nu găsește cai de schimb la poșta din Dolbeșino, doctorului i se recomandă tovărășia cărăușului Kozma, care, pentru cinci ruble, îl poate duce cu mașina la destinaţie.

Gogol's great comic masterpiece paints an hilariously satirical picture of provincial life in 19th century Russia. Its publication in 1847 not only provided inspiration for succeeding generations of Russian writers, but fanned the already flickering flames of social discontent which were eventually to flare up and consume Russia in the revolution of 1917.

Bu kitapta, yaşamı yakından anlayıp en yalın haliyle ama sert, gerçekçi ve derinden anlatan bir yazarın "insan" la tanışma serüveninin izlerini bulmak mümkün. Bulgakov, bir köpek ile bilim insanının yollarının kesiştiği bu hikâyede, Sovyet rejimini ve Sovyet insanı yaratma fikrini hicvediyor.

Ру-ру - повесть Юза Алешковского, действие которой разворачивается в начале 80-х годов в небольшой деревне, затерянной в Смоленской области. Герои повести, в их числе даже участковый милиционер, предаются занятиям, совершенно не свойственным советскому человеку. Одно из них - закуска самогона лягушачьими лапками.