Aufzeichnungen eines Wahnsinnigen. Erzählungen.

by Nikolai Gogol

Genres: Classics, Short Stories, German Literature

182 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

People consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include The Overcoat (1842) and Dead Souls (1842).

Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.

Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , The Overcoat , and Nevsky Prospekt . Ukrainian upbringing, culture, and folklore influenced his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka .
His later writing satirized political corruption in the Russian empire in Dead Souls .

Reviews

[Karina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mein absolutes Lieblingsbuch. Wer ETA Hoffmann mag, wird dieses Buch lieben.

[Robin Augstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liebe den absurden Realismus und die Comedy!