The History of a Town

9 hrs. 2 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Narrator Mikhail Efremov

Description

A grotesque story of the Russian Empire—read by Mikhail Efremov.
Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, who knew life in the capital and the provinces from every angle, did not invent—he wrote his characters from real life.
The chronicle of the town of Glupov, where, for one mayor, instead of a brain there’s a device with recorded scripts, while another has his head stuffed with truffles. Meanwhile, the third drafts a charter “on not restraining the mayors by laws,” and the fourth dreams of making identical houses for identical people. Fantasy, you’ll say? Not quite—more like grotesque satire. A technique like a magnifying glass with a built-in flashlight: it helps the author highlight—and the reader to see—the essence.

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