handsfeetlegs’s Reviews > The Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector, and Selected Stories > Status Update

streets are saying that The Government Inspector might be one of the funniest things Gogol has ever written

skipping the stories I've already read before bc I already can tell this is not my preferred translator; onto The Government Inspector

Nevsky Prospekt: HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT WAS AMAZING. so deliciously funny yet aggressive in it's satire/critique of *everything*, this story should be up there among the big three (The Overcoat, The Nose, and Diary of a Madman)!!! God I love Gogol

How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich: amazing! so fucking funny yet laced with such deep sadness and tragedy. tiny little moments of huge and hilarious fuckassery that is so unique and singular to Gogol