The Nose
After disappearing from the Deputy Inspector's face, his nose shows up around town before returning to its proper place.
After disappearing from the Deputy Inspector's face, his nose shows up around town before returning to its proper place.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780688104641 (0688104649)
Publish date: September 1st 1994
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 20
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
Cultural,
19th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories
“The nose looked at the Major and frowned a little.” - Nikolai Gogol, The Nose on March 25, Barber Ivan Yakovlevitch sits down to breakfast. his wife Prascovia Osipovna duly throws him a newly baked roll. Ivan discovers a nose inside it and recognizes its owner. confused and much agitated, he late...
Adorable! I could imagine a Monty Python sketch of this story.
bookshelves: published-1836, e-book, slavic, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, re-read, summer-2010 Read on June 14, 2010, read count: 2 ** spoiler alert ** Re-Read details - Major Kovalyov's nose vanishes and reappears in St Petersburg disguised as a councillor. With Stephen Moore. Broadcast on...
I've known this tale for a few months now but never got around to read it. Today I decided to take a few moments and take the time to read it. It is certainly a very funny short-story. I would recommend it to everyone without a doubt.
This is, without a doubt, the strangest story I've ever read. Ever.
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