{"product_id":"9781847493491","title":"Petersburg Tales: New Translation : Newly Translated and Annotated \/ Includes the Diary of a Madman (Alma Classics Evergreens) by Dora O'Brien","description":"Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant fa?ade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor (`The Nose'), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success (`Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat (`The Overcoat').   Also including the `Diary of Madman', these Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308500038005,"sku":"9781847493491","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847493491.jpg?v=1762807815","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781847493491","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}