Nicolái Vasílievich. Gógol, página 3 de 10

Commentator: John Cournos / Contents: / Taras Bulba / St. Johns Eve / The Cloak / How the Two Ivans Quarrelled / The Mysterious Portrait / The Calash

La nit de Nadal. Nikolai Gógol va encetar la seva fulgurant carrera literària amb la publicació d'un recull de vuit relats (Les vetllades de Dikanka), del qual forma part «La nit de Nadal». Gógol ens

Nei racconti del ciclo pietroburghese la capitale (che all'ucraino Gogol'appare come una citta non russa, splendida facciata di un edificio ormai inrovina dove si conduce una vita vuota, esteriore, alienata) si fa al tempostesso scenario grottesco e sinistro burattinaio di quella "vita vegetativa"verso la quale lo scrittore si senti sempre attirato, in un dupliceatteggiamento di compiacimento partecipe e di beffarda ironia. Il naso, Ilritratto, Il mantello: i racconti piu famosi dello scrittore russo. Unbarbiere trova un naso nel panino che sta mangiando; un impiegato mite esolitario viene derubato del mantello nuovo e sara vendicato dal suo fantasma;un uomo solo scrive un diario di fatti e date impossibili... Maestro delrealismo fantastico, Gogol' reinventa la vita e ne rovescia il senso in unascrittura vivacissima, di pirotecnica originalita.

Four works by great 19th-century Russian author: "The Nose," a savage satire of Russia's incompetent bureaucrats; "Old-Fashioned Farmers," a pleasant depiction of an elderly couple living in rustic seclusion; "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich," one of Gogol's most famous comic stories; and "The Overcoat," widely considered a masterpiece of form.

Celebra con nosotros el bicentenario del nacimiento de Nikolái Gógol leyendo dos de sus célebres relatos, ilustrados con gran maestría por Luis Doyague.

La narizLa perspectiva NevskiLa terrible venganzaNoche de mayo o la ahogadaDiario de un locoEl abrigoEl capoteLa feria de SorochinetzNikolái Vasílievich Gógol (en ruso: Николай Васильевич Гоголь; Sor

En Nochebuena, traza Gógol un cuadro de costumbres muy vivo enmarcado en la víspera de Navidad en un pueblecito ucraniano. Así, el lector puede degustar la gastronomía típica de esa noche, como el cutiá o el vareniki o el borsch, o unirse a los jóvenes que cantan las coliadky de puerta en puerta, algo así como nuestros aguinaldos. En ese contexto, una historia de amor con la desdeñosa y altiva Oksana que cifra su corazón al precio de quien pueda conseguirle unos zaptaos como los de la zarina; Vakula, el herrero, con la ayuda del demonio, volará hasta San Petesburgo para conseguirlo; entretanto, la madre del herrero, Soloja, da juego a tres pretendientes: el cosaco Chub, el diácono (casado) y el alcalde, lo que configura divertidas coincidencias en la línea de las comedias de enredo. En este cuento, el demonio roba la luna para dejar a oscuras a los enamorados; una bruja colecciona estrellas, que juegan cogidas de las manos en el cielo; magos sentados sobre pucheros surcan el éter; "más allá veíase un ejambre de espíritus que se extendía a modo de nube. Un diablejo que bailaba cerca de la luna, se quitó el gorro al ver pasar al herrero montado a caballo sobre el demonio. Una escoba tornaba a su destino al quedar abandonada por su dueña", y estas imágenes de fantasía, alternan con el realismo costumbrista sin transición y con total normalidad, lo que da lugar a capítulos de absurda comicidad.

El protagonista de esta historia un buen día descubre con gran preocupación que ha perdido su nariz, hasta que la encuentra casualmente por la calle, dotada de vida propia... La nariz es un relato qu

Gogol''s classic, uproarious folktale, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift.Written in 1831, this dark tale relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town. The basis for many film and opera adaptations, and still a story traditionally read aloud to children on Christmas Eve in Ukraine and Russia, The Night Before Christmas is the best holiday tale by the man whom Vladimir Nabokov called ''the greatest writer Russia has yet produced''.Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was the son of a Ukrainian gentleman farmer. He attended a variety of boarding schools, where he proved an indifferent student but was admired for his theatrical abilities. In 1828 he moved to St. Petersburg and began to publish stories, and by the mid-1830s he had established himself in the literary world and been warmly praised by Pushkin. In 1836, his play The Inspector-General was attacked as immoral, and he left Russia, remaining abroad for most of the next dozen years. During that time he wrote two of his best-known stories, ''The Nose'' and ''The Overcoat,'' and in 1842 he published the first section of his masterpiece Dead Souls. Gogol became increasingly religious as the years passed, and in 1847 he became the disciple of an Orthodox priest who influenced him to burn the second part of Dead Souls and then abandon writing altogether. After undertaking an extreme fast, he died at the age of forty-two.

The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. A simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the town in this biting moral satire. David Harrowers version of Nikolai Gogols Government Inspector premiered at the Warwick Arts Centre in May 2011 and transferred to Young Vic, London in June.

Hey, you with the beard!' A coiffured con man travels across Russia's rural backwaters, buying the souls of dead serfs from their owners to make his fortune, in Gogol's exuberant, bravura masterwork: the greatest comedy in Russian literature.