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Synopsis
The town governors . . . all flogged the inhabitants, but the first flogged them pure and simple, the second explained their zeal by referring to the needs of civilization, and the third asked only that in all matters the inhabitants should trust in their valour.
One of the major satirical novels of the 19th century, Shchedrin's farcical history of Glupov (or Stupid Town) follows the bewildered and stoical Russian inhabitants for hundreds of years as they endure the violence and lunacy of their tyrannical rulers.
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About the Author
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities. After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov he acted as editor of the well-known Russian magazine, Otechestvenniye Zapiski until the government banned it in 1884. His best-known work, the novel The Golovlyov Family, appeared in 1876. Charlotte Hobson is the author of Black Earth City.
Review
'A relatively obscure little gem from the unceasingly superb Apollo Classics line offers an equally amusing portrayal of that most complex of nations more than a century ago ... a joyfully surreal and playful novel, which manages to be insightful and prescient at the same time' The Big Issue. 'Magical ... Saltykov's satire attacks the follies that have blighted humans from time immemorial: lust, deceit, violence, tyranny, subservience. Saltykov twists the reader's mind with irony of situation and style ... At its delicious denouement, history itself disappears ... Simply in terms of the inner logic of the fictional world, it is an ingenious and superbly ironic finale' The Herald. 'The Apollo choices have been masterful. The list is thought-provoking, eye-opening, inspired and inspiring' The Big Issue.
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- PublisherApollo Library
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1784975427
- ISBN 13 9781784975425
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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