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Oblomov and his Creator: Life and Art of Ivan Goncharov
By (Author) Milton Ehre
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: general
891.7330092
Hardback
312
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
595g
Goncharov's novels have been popular in Russia since their publication, and Oblomov, the central character of his most famous novel, has become the prototype of a fat and lazy man. Milton Ehre offers new interpretations of the complex personality of Goncharov and shows how in many ways Oblomov was a self-portrait of his creator. The introductory ch