Le anime morte

Dead Souls is a pied vernissage of grotesque and colourful characters… Unlike the dead souls of the novel they are quite quick and kicking… A new praiseworthy persona came to town… In the britzka sat a gentleman, not handsome, but also not bad-looking, neither too fat nor too thin; you could not have Leggi tutto

The book goes way back to 1842, before Russian serfs were emancipated in 1861. It’s considered a picaresque novel; Don Quixote-ish – a journey with a lot of satire and absurd situations with a rascal as a main character, a man who always has a get-rich-quick scheme going. He’s kind of happy-go-lucky Leggi tutto

„Era o femeie aspră în purtări, deși se dădea în vînt după stafide”. Ori de cîte ori deschid Suflete moarte , mă opresc la un paragraf cunoscut. De altfel, cartea însăși se deschide automat la paragraful cu pricina, nu mai trebuie să caut paginile. Am citit fragmentul de zeci de ori dintr-o cauză simp Leggi tutto

”What was the riddle, indeed, what was the riddle of the dead souls? There was no logic whatsoever in dead souls. Why buy dead souls? Where would such a fool be found? What worn-out money would one pay for them? To what end, to what business, could these dead souls be tacked? And why was the governo Leggi tutto

Another 'classic bucket list' book. As he buys dead souls in an attempt to help increase his social standing Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov represents the all too common association that is made between power, ethics and the law. The dead on the list are treated (by the law) better than they ever were wh Leggi tutto