Taras Bulba (Modern Library Classics)

Taras Bulba (Modern Library Classics)

The First New Translation in Forty Years

Set sometime between the mid-sixteenth and early-seventeenth century, Gogolâ€™s epic tale recounts both a bloody Cossack revolt against the Poles (led by the bold Taras Bulba of Ukrainian folk mythology) and the trials of Taras Bulbaâ€™s two sons.

As Robert Kaplan writes in his Introduction, â€œ[Taras Bulba] has a Kiplingesque gusto . . . that makes it a pleasure to read, but central to its theme is an unredemptive, darkly evil violence that is far beyond anything that Kipling ever touched on. We need more works like Taras Bulba to better understand the emotional wellsprings of the threat we face today in places like the Middle East and Central Asia.â€ And the critic John Cournos has noted, â€œA clue to all Russian realism may be found in a Russian criticâ€™s observation about Gogol: â€˜Seldom has nature created a man so romantic in bent, yet so masterly in portraying all that is unromantic in life.â€™ But this statement does not cover the whole ground, for it is easy to see in almost all of Gogolâ€™s work his â€˜free Cossack soulâ€™ trying to break through the shell of sordid today like some ancient demon, essentially Dionysian. So that his works, true though they are to our life, are at once a reproach, a protest, and a challenge, ever calling for joy, ancient joy, that is no more with us. And they have all the joy and sadness of the Ukrainian songs he loved so much.â€
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Modern Library
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2003-12-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812971194

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Modern Library
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2003-12-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812971194

Taras Bulba (Modern Library Classics)

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