Without his genius, there would have been no Fyodor Dostoevsky, no Franz Kafka, no Mikhail Bulgakov, and I am grateful to him for everything. He is my favorite writer.
>>25237747Untranslatable.
>>25237747Is Dead Souls worth plowing through?
>>25237799yes, and so is my bussy
>>25237747He’s pretty great>>25237802Shut up, cretin.>>25237799Yes, it’s my favourite novel of the 19th century along with Moby Dick.He’s like Dostoevsky as an absurd satirist but a much more adept writer in my opinion, take a look at his short stories too.
>>25237802kek
>>25237765No idea about english, but slovak translations are really good.
>>25237747No argument from me. I read his Petersburg tales when I was 16 and have never forgotten them. My favourite painter Ilya Repin made a fantastic painting as well of his final madness (pic related)
>>25238606>tfw the soap is in
Yup, I completely agree he is one of the greatest writers of all time and foundational to the history of ukrainian and russian literature, I really love his ukrainian books too and I feel they are an often overlooked part of his workA tad bit odd to make a thread about the common public consensus on something though
>>25237765i had a feeling while reading dead souls but it can’t possibly be that bad, can it? I have been considering picking up a new language for reading purposes only though
>>25237747Baded. Gogol is the the backbone of russian literature and better than Tolstoi. I'm not afraid to say it.
>>25237747Another lgbt GOD
