{"product_id":"a-place-bewitched-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"A Place Bewitched and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatasha Randall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eConstance Garnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original selection of short fiction by Nikolai Gogol, \"the Russian Dickens,\" translated by the great Constance Garnett and curated by Natasha Randall, that captures the genius of one of the most daring, inventive writers of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wounded solider vanishes into notoriety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA nose is found in a loaf of bread.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaces--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elike the Nevesky Prospect--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eare not what they seem.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNikolai Gogol was one of the nineteenth century's greatest and most influential Russian writers, a realist whose acerbic observations and taste for the absurd give his writing its strange, comic voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this edition of \u003ci\u003eA Place Bewitched and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Natasha Randall presents a new, curated collection of Gogol's short fiction, selected from the work of Constance Garnett, one of Gogol's earliest translators. Randall has lightly revised Garnett's essential translations and frames the collection with a new foreword. Full of the wit of Gogol's work, this edition is the perfect introduction to a great writer and a must for the enthusiast.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (1809-1852) was a Russian writer and dramatist. He was born in the Ukraine in 1809 and trained as a painter before finding success as a writer. He soon became famous for his plays and short fiction, notably \"The Diary of a Madman\" (1834), \"The Nose\" (1836), and \"The Overcoat\" (1842). His novel, \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1842. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstance Garnett\u003c\/b\u003e was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature and one of the first English translators of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatasha Randall\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator, writer, and scholar living in London. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications, and she has translated the literary works of Dostoevsky and Lermontov.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.5 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44318121885798,"sku":"9780374231477","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OFdzUUcydzBaZWxRUFcxcDVVeTBpQT09.webp?v=1768081879","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-place-bewitched-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}