Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

• Sep-1988
• / General Fiction
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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....

• Jun-2018
• / General Fiction
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While somewhat outdated and steeped in the prejudice of the day, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin fable The lost conscience is nevertheless a worthy tale to ponder and a great study of a mind seeking to discard its inhibitions (not in a good way)....

• Jul-2018
• / General Fiction
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M.E.Saltykova-Shhedrina zasluzhenno otnosjat k pisateljam-satirikam mirovoj velichiny. No pri jetom zachastuju ego proizvedenija tolkujut lish' kak satiru na gosudarstvennoe ustrojstvo i porjadki samoderzhavnoj Rossii. V jetoj knige sdelana popytka p...

• Jul-2018
• / Literary
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«Istoriju odnogo goroda» Mihaila Evgrafovicha Saltykova-Shhedrina sovremenniki nazyvali «paskvilem na istoriju gosudarstva Rossijskogo». Jeta kniga sohranjaet aktual'nost' i v nashe vremja, javljajas', po suti, ne besposhhadnym prigovorom «russk...

• Aug-2024
• / Historical
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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 as relevant as ever.“Pevear and Volokhonsky [are the] reigning translators of Russian literature....