Government Inspector - Couverture souple

Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816606420 ISBN 13 : 9780816606429

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 1972

Synopsis

120p paperback, red cover, clean pages, a firm copy, in very good condition, translated by Leonid Ignatieff, an adaptation by Peter Raby

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The corrupt officials of a small Russian town, headed by the Mayor, react with terror to the news that an incognito inspector (the revizor) will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. The flurry of activity to cover up their considerable misdeeds is interrupted by the report that a suspicious person has arrived two weeks previously from Saint Petersburg and is staying at the inn. That person, however, is not an inspector; it is Khlestakov, a foppish civil servant with a wild imagination. Having learned that Khlestakov has been charging his considerable hotel bill to the Crown, the Mayor and his crooked cronies are immediately certain that this upper class twit is the dreaded inspector. For quite some time, however, Khlestakov does not even realize that he has been mistaken for someone else. Meanwhile, he enjoys the officials' terrified deference and moves in as a guest in the Mayor's house. He also demands and receives massive "loans" from the Mayor and all of his associates. He also flirts outrageously with the Mayor's wife and daughter.

Revue de presse

Two-and-a-half hours of sheer theatrical delight that is, if anything, even more relevant today - in this age of relentless municipal self-promotion and image-building - than it was when Gogol wrote it, more than 170 years ago. --The Scotsman

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816606420
• ISBN 13: 9780816606429
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible