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“So-So” because there is probably so, so much I don‘t quite understand…amusing though and with the author‘s self-awareness at the end I know that a trip to Wikipedia may be in order.

My #bookspin for August (A Melville House read). 🙌🏼

I have a busy month ahead and also have a goal of finishing 4 books from the #1001books list by the end of the year, so I downloaded this one for a quick listen. I was amused but also confused because I‘m sure I‘m missing underlying meanings and themes.

#translated #audiobook

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Edit: removed original image... The Nose by Gogol is the shortest work of Boxall‘s 1001 BYMRBYD list. It is enjoyable for it‘s absurdity and it social commentary of early 19th century Russia. There are some interesting theories about the nose as phallic symbol, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

This book is so silly! It's about a Russian official whose nose leaves his face to go about its own business for a bit! It's a satirical novel, but since I don't know all that much about Russia during the mid-1800s, I didn't worry about understanding that part. It comes in under 50 pages, so you can get this 1,001er done in one sitting. 124/1,001 #1001Books

"The thought that the police might find him in unlawful possession of a nose and arrest him, robbed him of all presence of mind."

Ya'll...I am on page FIVE and it's already so silly! ? (Photo from WNPR)

I am reading the Diary of a Madman and other stories, but since I already had The Nose and The Carriage in my Little Black Classics collection, I thought I would read those two from here so it doesn't just sit on my shelf untouched.

A Russian barber finds a nose in his freshly baked bread. Then, another man wakes up without his nose and is on the hunt to find it. And that's just the beginning of this absurdist tale.

A surrealistic short story about a nose. I have never read anything by Gogol and I feel like I should have read some more by him, to understand this novella. Also, I know too little about the Russian context at the time. So now for me it was just a - kind of funny - story about the coming and going of a nose, and about strange Russian people (Russian writers are often so cynical about the Russians). #1001books

I love absurdist, existential works and this short story brought me a smile and sanity when the world seems absurd itself.

These Melville House 'Art of the Novellas' are a beautiful addition to my library (maybe some day I'll even read them 😂) #bookhoarder