Nikolai Gogol

by Vladimir Nabokov

Book Overview

This biography begins with Gogol's death and ends with his birth, an inverted structure typical of both Gogol and Nabokov. The biographer proceeds to establish the relationship between Gogol and his novels, especially with regard to "nose-consciousness", a peculiar feature of Russian life and letters, which finds its apotheosis in Gogol's own life and prose. There are more expressions and proverbs concerning the nose in Russian than in any other language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811201201
• ISBN13: 9780811201209
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"