Name: The Enchanted Wanderer
ISBN: 9780307388872

Nikolaĭ Semenovich Leskov

This translation "originally published in Great Britain, in somewhat different form, by Impress Books Ltd., Devon, in 2012, and subsequently published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... New York, in 2013"--T.p. verso.

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The Enchanted Wanderer

A new translation of the hilarious picaresque about a man with an indomitable spirit The Enchanted Wanderer is a Russian Candide with a revolutionary edge, a picaresque that features a fast-talking monk named Ivan who is at war, it seems, with every level of society. Working as a carriage man for a Count, Ivan accidentally causes the death of a monk, which leads to his being ostracized by the local peasantry . . . until the dead monk returns as a ghost to guide him through trouble upon trouble.

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Written over the course of Leskov's career, each story in The Enchanted Wanderer elucidates the very essence of the human condition; themes of love, despair, loneliness, and revenge are explored against the backdrop of nineteenth-century working-class Russia. Leskov deftly layers social satire and subtle criticism atop myth and fable, resulting in a richly entertaining collection. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from Jonathan Lethem's Dissident Gardens.

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