Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich

Iz karmannykh zapisnykh knizhek [From Pocket Notebooks]

London: Iskander, 1969. Item #1488

42 pages; 22 cm. Text in Russian. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Wrappers show light age toning and spotting. Internally clean and well-preserved.

A fascinating selection from Nikolai Gogol’s working notebooks—scrapbooks of linguistic oddities, domestic customs, local flora and fauna, and miscellaneous ethnographic observations. Compiled with encyclopedic zeal, these entries reflect Gogol’s methodical, almost obsessive attention to cultural and linguistic detail, assembled not to record plot or character development but to build a writer’s living lexicon of Russian life.

Price: $40.00