'The History of a City' is a caustic work full of irony, in which, under the guise of a 'chronicle' of the fictional city of Glupov, the author mercilessly denounces the typical vices of Russian society - stupidity, tyranny and bribery of those in power, embezzlement and cringing of officials, laziness, ignorance and obscurantism. Unfortunately, we have to admit that Saltykov-Shchedrin's homerically funny and cruel phantasmagoria has not lost its relevance even today.
'The History of a City' is a caustic work full of irony, in which, under the guise of a 'chronicle' of the fictional city of Glupov, the author mercilessly denounces the typical vices of Russian society - stupidity, tyranny and bribery of those in power, embezzlement and cringing of officials, laziness, ignorance and obscurantism. Unfortunately, we have to admit that Saltykov-Shchedrin's homerically funny and cruel phantasmagoria has not lost its relevance even today.
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Author
Saltykov-Shchedrin Mikhail
Салтыков-Щедрин Михаил
Салтыков-Щедрин Михаил Евграфович
Publisher
AST
АСТ
ISBN
9785170947102
Format
Paperback
Мягкий переплет
Year Published
2016
2022
Pages
320
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'The History of a City' is a caustic work full of irony, in which, under the guise of a 'chronicle' of the fictional city of Glupov, the author mercilessly denounces the typical vices of Russian society - stupidity, tyranny and bribery of those in power, embezzlement and cringing of officials, laziness, ignorance and obscurantism. Unfortunately, we have to admit that Saltykov-Shchedrin's homerically funny and cruel phantasmagoria has not lost its relevance even today.