{"product_id":"taras-bulba-modern-library-classics-paperback-9780812971194","title":"Taras Bulba Modern Library Classics Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe First New Translation in Forty Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet sometime between the mid-sixteenth and early-seventeenth century, Gogol’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 Bulba’s two sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Robert Kaplan writes in his Introduction, “[\u003ci\u003eTaras Bulba\u003c\/i\u003e] 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 \u003ci\u003eTaras Bulba\u003c\/i\u003e to better understand the emotional wellsprings of the threat we face today in places like the Middle East and Central Asia.” And the critic John Cournos has noted, “A clue to all Russian realism may be found in a Russian critic’s observation about Gogol: ‘Seldom has nature created a man so romantic in bent, yet so masterly in portraying all that is un","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865982611799,"sku":"9780812971194","price":12.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812971194.jpg?v=1722276492","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taras-bulba-modern-library-classics-paperback-9780812971194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}