Author: | Nikolai Leskov | ISBN: | 9781612191041 |
Publisher: | Melville House | Publication: | October 2, 2012 |
Imprint: | Melville House | Language: | English |
Author: | Nikolai Leskov |
ISBN: | 9781612191041 |
Publisher: | Melville House |
Publication: | October 2, 2012 |
Imprint: | Melville House |
Language: | English |
A new translation of the hilarious picaresque about a man with an indomitable spirit
The Enchanted Wanderer is a Russian Candide with a revolutionary edge, a picaresque that features a fast-talking monk named Ivan who is at war, it seems, with every level of society. Working as a carriage man for a Count, Ivan accidentally causes the death of a monk, which leads to his being ostracized by the local peasantry . . . until the dead monk returns as a ghost to guide him through trouble upon trouble.
A new translation of the hilarious picaresque about a man with an indomitable spirit
The Enchanted Wanderer is a Russian Candide with a revolutionary edge, a picaresque that features a fast-talking monk named Ivan who is at war, it seems, with every level of society. Working as a carriage man for a Count, Ivan accidentally causes the death of a monk, which leads to his being ostracized by the local peasantry . . . until the dead monk returns as a ghost to guide him through trouble upon trouble.