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البقاء للاقوى؛أو للاوقح..او للاسوأ..لم يعد هناك اي فارق في هذا الكوكب البغيض..هذا هو الإحساس المر الذي سيتبقى في حلقك بعد 23صفحة هي مجمل هذه القصة الإنسانية القاسية عن القهر و لا شيء سواه و نحن هنا مع جوجول..سيد الأدب الوظيفي عبر العصور.. و الذي يوضح لنا بايجاز ..الى اي مدى تختفي الفظاظة الوحشية في Leggi tutto

It is a simple tale, on the surface. Akaky Akakievich (literally "Harmless Son-of-Harmless," but which might sound like "Poopy Pooperson” to a child), an impoverished civil servant and scrivener, must maintain his respectability by possessing a decent overcoat. How he gains a new overcoat, loses tha Leggi tutto

The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol "The Overcoat" is a short story about the life of a poor, self-contained official. Every day he had to endure insults and bullying from colleagues. And then an overcoat became the only meaning of life, and fate for him. The author masterfully showed all the indifference Leggi tutto

Οργή, θλίψη,οίκτο,πόνο και συμπόνοια, ένιωσα διαβάζοντας αυτό το σπαρακτικο παλιό παλτό. Ένας ασήμαντος ανθρωπάκος άκακος και δυστυχισμένος πιστός και αφοσιωμένος δημόσιος υπάλληλος υπουργείου απανθρωπιάς αναζητά απλώς την ησυχία του και την τραγικά προβλέψιμη ρουτίνα της φτωχικής του ζωής. "Είμαι φ Leggi tutto

- قصة قصيرة.. عدد صفحاتها بسيط، معانيها تتعدى هذا العدد بأشواط، والمغزى منها عميق ودقيق. (view spoiler) [- ينطلق غوغول من فكرة بسيطة، لموظف عادي، معاشه قليل، حياته رتيبة، عقله محدود، بسيط الى حد السذاجة، وفقير الحال ليبني عليه نقداً لاذعاً للمجتمع التافه، الساخر، المادي والسطحي.- يلقي غوغول الضوء على البيروقراطية ال (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto

2020 update: I'm bumping this up to all 5 stars on reread. This Russian tale of an introverted man and his trials relating to an expensive (for him) overcoat really hit me on second read. The characterization is so in-depth for a shorter work, especially as it relates to Akaky, the main character, h Leggi tutto

Re-read commenced 30th Jan 2023 Some additional comments to my previous review. This second read was a lot of fun, as I obviously know our character a little better - and he still pulls at the heartstrings. I mean, the poor guy - all he wanted (and needed) was a new overcoat. In fact, when he asked h Leggi tutto