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The Nose

Author
Nikolai Gogol
Language
English
Length
36 pages
ISBN
9781787368569
Published
4 January 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • satirical
  • identity crisis
  • absurdity
  • social hierarchy
  • surreal
  • nose disappearance
  • societal satire
  • Russian literature
  • humorous
  • bizarre encounters

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"The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol is a satirical short story that follows Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov, who wakes up one day to discover that his nose has inexplicably vanished. Even more bizarrely, he encounters his nose in the form of a higher-ranking official around town. The story explores themes of identity, societal absurdity, and the disconnection between one's self-image and how others perceive them. Gogol's tale is a humorous and surreal commentary on the rigidity and absurdities of social hierarchies.

Author

Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) was the master of a satire so quiet it can seem harmless — until the ground shifts beneath it. In Dead Souls he mapped the hollow soul of imperial Russia with comic precision; in The Overcoat and The Nose he turned ordinary clerks and missing body parts into fables of humiliation, obsession, and bureaucratic nightmare.

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