El capote, escrito por Nikolái Gógol entre los años 1839 y 1841, y publicado en 1842, nos presenta uno de los más conmovedores personajes de la Literatura: Akaki Akákievich Bashmachkin, un funcionario de la escala mas baja de la administracion civil, que se ve ultrajado por las injusticias sociales y la indiferencia egoista de los fuertes y ricos, y cuyo destino es el de ser un "hombre insignificante". Akaki, para protegerse del gelido invierno de San Petersburgo, necesita un capote nuevo, pero cuando por fin lo consigue seguira notando frio, el frio gelido que habita en los corazones de las personas que le rodean. Este maravilloso relato y su protagonista tendran gran influencia en la literatura posterior: Herman Melville y Franz Kafka nos presentaran a Bartleby y a Gregor Samsa, dos personajes descendientes directos de Akaki. Las ilustraciones, que haran que este libro sea inolvidable para lectores de todas las edades, son de Noemi Villamuza, quien ya ilustro en esta misma coleccion El festin de Babette y ABCdario.
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Nascido na província de Poltava, atual Ucrânia, Nikolai Vassílievitch Gogol (1809-1852) é considerado o pioneiro da prosa russa moderna, um reconhecimento sustentado pela célebre frase de Fiódor Dost
La nit de Nadal. Nikolai Gógol va encetar la seva fulgurant carrera literària amb la publicació d'un recull de vuit relats (Les vetllades de Dikanka), del qual forma part «La nit de Nadal». Gógol ens
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.________Gogol was a strange creature, but then genius is always strange. Vladimir Nabokov
Nikolái Vasílievich Gógol en ocasiones adaptado al español como Nicolás Gógol; (1809 - 1852) fue un escritor ruso de origen ucraniano. Cultivó varios géneros, pero fue notablemente conocido como dramaturgo, novelista y escritor de cuentos cortos. Sus obras mas conocidas son, probablemente, Taras Bulba, La Nariz, El Capote y Almas muertas. Taras Bulba es la historia de un viejo cosaco zaporogo y sus dos hijos, Ostap y Andrei. Los hijos de Taras, tras concluir sus estudios en la Academia de Kiev, vuelven a su hogar. Los tres personajes al reencontrarse emprenden un viaje epico a la Sich de Zaporozhia ubicada en Ucrania, donde se unen a otros cosacos en la guerra contra Polonia. La obra antologica Taras Bulba sirvio de inspiracion para una opera ucraniana y ha sido traducida a la pantalla de cine en innumerables ocasiones. El destacado escritor estadounidense Ernest Hemingway se refirio a el como "Uno de los 10 libros mas importantes de todos los tiempos".
Gogol''s classic, uproarious folktale, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift.Written in 1831, this dark tale relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town. The basis for many film and opera adaptations, and still a story traditionally read aloud to children on Christmas Eve in Ukraine and Russia, The Night Before Christmas is the best holiday tale by the man whom Vladimir Nabokov called ''the greatest writer Russia has yet produced''.Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was the son of a Ukrainian gentleman farmer. He attended a variety of boarding schools, where he proved an indifferent student but was admired for his theatrical abilities. In 1828 he moved to St. Petersburg and began to publish stories, and by the mid-1830s he had established himself in the literary world and been warmly praised by Pushkin. In 1836, his play The Inspector-General was attacked as immoral, and he left Russia, remaining abroad for most of the next dozen years. During that time he wrote two of his best-known stories, ''The Nose'' and ''The Overcoat,'' and in 1842 he published the first section of his masterpiece Dead Souls. Gogol became increasingly religious as the years passed, and in 1847 he became the disciple of an Orthodox priest who influenced him to burn the second part of Dead Souls and then abandon writing altogether. After undertaking an extreme fast, he died at the age of forty-two.
In The Night of Christmas Eve the Devil roams free and decides to steal the moon to punish Vakula, a local blacksmith for his religious paintings, leaving the town of Dikanka in darkness. In this supernatural gothic, Vakula will have to face the Prince of Darkness himself if he hopes to save his village and the love of his life. It is a nail biting piece interjected with bouts of satire and humour creating a story perfect for anyone who loves dark adventures or Johnny Depps The Ninth Gate.
La visión ácida y crítica que NIKOLAI GOGOL (1809-1852) tenía de la Rusia del zar Nicolás I, puesta de relieve en sus «Historias de San Petersburgo» (L 5505) -entre las que se cuentan relatos tan cél
