The Nose

Name: The Nose
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Nikolai Gogol
ISBN: 9781467668989

Author: Nikolai Gogol

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 1 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Red Door Consulting

Published: 05/09/2013

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a pre-eminent Ukrainian-born story writer. He is particularly famous for those stories which veer in the direction of surrealism and the grotesque. The Nose is a classic example of this genre. The story opens with the barber, Ivan Yakovlevitch at breakfast. Things take an odd turn when Yakovlevitch finds a disembodied nose hidden in his bread roll. Yakovlevitch is at pains to rid himself as quickly as he can of the nose, which he recognizes as belonging to one of his clients, Major Kovalev. Kovalev, on the other hand, awakes to find his nose missing and leaves no stone unturned in trying to track the missing organ down....with each twist of the tale, the story gets odder and odder as the nose develops a life and personality of its own. Gogol at his surrealist best!

About Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist. Considered the father of modern Russian realism, his best-known works are the novels Dead Souls and Taras Bul'ba, the play The Inspector-General, and the short stories "Diary of a Madman," "The Nose," and "The Overcoat." With their scrupulous and scathing realism, ethical criticism, and philosophical depth, they remain some of the most important works of world literature. However, because much of Gogol's writing satirized the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire, he was temporarily exiled from Russia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on December 14, 2021

Gogol’s “The Nose” (1835), is an early triumph of surrealism, daring and delightful in the way it jars and disjoins one reality from another, but it is also a vivid realistic depiction of the sights and sounds of early 19th century St. Petersburg (including the essential bridges, buildings and monum......more

Goodreads review by فايز غازي on August 31, 2023

- لقد فكر الكثيرون قبل غوغول وبعده بإفقاد الإنسان لعضو من اعضائه (عين، يد، رجل، كلية...) وكتبوا عن المصاعب التي تواجه كل منهم في حياته مثيرين الشفقة في قلب القارئ ومسلطين الأضواء على المصاعب، وكانت تلك القصص جيدة وذات نهايات هادفة، بمعظمها... وبعضهم الآخر زاد عضوا على الإنسان (عين، ارجل، ايادٍ..) وك......more

Goodreads review by Leonard on January 11, 2022

See my review of Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, Selected Stories.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 04, 2023

I woke up this morning feeling a little off kilter, I was only operating on three cylinders, a beer short of a six-pack, if you like. To my mind, this meant I needed my fill of Gogol, a decent serving of absurdity. I am so glad I did. This wee gem starts with a vodkaphilic barber finding a nose – ye......more