{"product_id":"foolsburg-the-history-of-a-town","title":"Foolsburg: The History of a Town","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning translators bring us a new translation of an 1870 comic novel by Russia's greatest satirist--whose mockery of Russian autocracy is as relevant as ever. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pevear and Volokhonsky [are the] reigning translators of Russian literature. . . . \u003c\/b\u003e In Russia, \u003ci\u003eThe History of a Town\u003c\/i\u003e is read in schools and regarded as a masterpiece of 19th-century satire. . . . [This new translation] is an argument for the book's Swiftian wit and its relevance to Russia and the United States today.\" \u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major classic in Russia since its publication, \u003ci\u003eFoolsburg \u003c\/i\u003eis the farcical chronicle of a fictional town and its hapless inhabitants as they passively endure the violence and lunacy of their rulers. The succession of brutal mayors of the town include such surreal extremes as a man with a music box instead of a brain and one so tall that he snaps in half during a windstorm. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin marries biting satire reminiscent of Jonathan Swift with the fantastical absurdity of Nikolai Gogol, imbued throughout with his own brand of playful wordplay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced the first translation of this work into English that successfully captures its zany humor and enduring relevance.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48044527616189,"sku":"BS-TC0-687314","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780593687314-HD.jpg?v=1786964564","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/foolsburg-the-history-of-a-town","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}