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A review by gajeam
The Nose and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol
5.0
Five stars for the translation itself. Fusso loves Gogol for being goofy and magical, and that comes through in her writing.
In every Gogol story, civil servants are selfish idiots, military officers are selfish idiots, and rural folk are kind idiots. Gogol loves St. Petersburg. He hates fussiness. Gogol loves demons. He hates horniness. When the supernatural happens, only the main character asks questions. By mixing and matching the same few themes across his oeuvre, Gogol transports the reader to the same 19th century Russian X-Files universe in every story.
Except for the “The Lost Letter”. That one sucks. Why did you make it first Fusso!? Seriously!
In every Gogol story, civil servants are selfish idiots, military officers are selfish idiots, and rural folk are kind idiots. Gogol loves St. Petersburg. He hates fussiness. Gogol loves demons. He hates horniness. When the supernatural happens, only the main character asks questions. By mixing and matching the same few themes across his oeuvre, Gogol transports the reader to the same 19th century Russian X-Files universe in every story.
Except for the “The Lost Letter”. That one sucks. Why did you make it first Fusso!? Seriously!