Foolsburg: The History of a Town

Synopsis

The award-winning translators bring us a new translation of an 1870 comic novel by russia's greatest satirist--whose mockery of russian autocracy is newly relevant in the age of putin. A major classic in russia, though not as well known in the west, foolsburg: the history of a certain town is a farcical chronicle of the fictional town of glupov (which translates to "stupidville" or "foolsburg") and its hapless inhabitants as they passively endure the violence and lunacy of their rulers for hundreds of years.