{"product_id":"foolsburg-the-history-of-a-town","title":"Foolsburg: The History Of A Town","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Pevear and Volokhonsky [are the] reigning translators of Russian literature. . . . In Russia, The History of a Town 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.” —The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA major classic in Russia since its publication, Foolsburg is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45153442496691,"sku":"9780593687314","price":719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/91ZqsksIugL.jpg?v=1764184903","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/foolsburg-the-history-of-a-town","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}