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	The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics) Nikolai Gogol Penguin Classics, 2006 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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This expanded collection of influential Russian satirist Nikolay Gogol?s ingenious pieces now includes his most famous play.

Gogol, my blood brother

Finally, a book for sale, easily bought which has Gogol's great play, The Government Inspector! Mainly through the success of this play was Gogol known during his lifetime and he was in Russia to enjoy the praises sung in his name. Pushkin, one of Gogol's greatest supporters and one of his dearest friends was still around also.

The Diary of a Madman is, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest short story ever written. This work, probably the finest Gogol ever wrote speaks to me and you can really feel Gogol's pain of rejection and alienation (like Kafka) through the sometimes scary entries in the diary of Poprishchen, which translates into "pimple" in Russian, the Madman's name.

Gogol's humor is just perfect. It is almost sadistic the way he tells of his characters downfalls and destruction. The Overcoat, Gogol's most famous short story is just about some guy who gets an overcoat, something the man treasures not because it looks nice, but because it helps him survive. When it is stolen, he dies. I love that humor. Gogol cared about the little guy, but, he wasn't afraid to tell of the miserable demise of his "little guys."

I will definatley be buying this one. There may be Dostoevsky but Gogol is the one more close to my kind of humor. Kafka called Dostoevsky his blood brother and Gogol must surely be mine.

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