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Taras Bulba (Paperback)

by Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogal (Author)

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Paperback: 148 pages
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific (February 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898752337
ISBN-13: 978-0898752335
Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.2 x 1.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 182 g

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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) wrote his epic Taras Bulba over a period, broken by intervals, of more than nine years: from 1833 to 1842. The Ukrainian people’s struggle for their independence, waged throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, stirred and inspired Gogol, a great patriot of his country.

The profound ideological message of the tale, its thrilling and truthful characters, Gogol’s colorful portrayal of the people’s life, have immortalized Gogol’s epic.

“Taras Bulba is an excerpt, an episode from the epic life of the whole people of the Ukraine in the 16th century . . . Do we not see here Cossackdom in its entirely, with its strange civilization, its gallant and riotous life, its insouciance and indolence, its indefatigability and activeness? Tell me what is missing in this picture, what is needed to make it complete! Is it not all snatched up from the very bottom of life? Does not that life throb and pulsate here?

And what a brush – broad and sweeping, quick and vivid! What bright, what dazzling colors! An what poetry – vigorous, powerful as the Zaporzhian Setch itself, where ‘was the lair of men proud and strong as Lions! Hence poured freedom and Cossackdom over all the Ukraine!’”

V.G. Belinsky

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Story of "Us", Jan 26 2008

By	Konstantin Smolski "tOnic" (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Taras Bulba (Paperback)

This book is a telling historical account of the human duality; it shows the thin line that separates the victim and the victimizer in war. Robert Kaplan wrote that this book is important to "better understand the emotional wellsprings of the threat we face today in... the Middle East and Central Asia." He is absolutely correct. "We" are the Polish overlords.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Story, Aug 2 2005

By	Sergey Vasilev (Albany, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taras Bulba (Hardcover)

TARAS BULBA provides a vivid portrayal of the Cossacks and their way of life before the modern times than any other novel we can think of. Centered on the Zaphorizhian Cossacks of Eastern Ukraine, the story deals with a father who in a bid to initiate his sons into the Cossack military way of life abandons his semi-retirement and rouses the passions of his people to confront the Polish overlords who were subjugating them. Fast flowing, deep and expressive without wasting time on sublimities Gogol took us into a journey of Cossack wars that introduces us to their values, way of life, and colorful traditions. Unfortunately, Taras Bulba's warpath causes the loss of his favorite son who chose to rescue the Polish woman she loved, whose city was under siege by the troops his father was leading. TARAS BULBA is one of the many Russian stories such as KARAMAZOV BROTHERS, UNION MOUJIK, and PUTIN'S RUSSIA that provide a magnificent insight into the large Russian psyche.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great novel., Jan 26 2004

By	A. Dunn - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Taras Bulba (Hardcover)

As another reviewer noted, Gogol didn't write very much about the characters, just brief descriptions, yet I was amazed at how close I felt to Taras's son, when he met his father for the last time. The only criticism I have is that I expected more to occur with Tara's son and his lover. It seemed too important a problem to end so briefly, but perhaps my desire to continue this part of the story just shows how effective Gogol's writing is. Great book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
Gogol�s �Taras Bulba� is a good example of how a literary work can return to topicality with a vengeance; not so much news that stays news, as it were, as news that... Read more

Published on April 27 2003 by drongo

3.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what I expected from Gogol
I like Gogol - I loved "Dead Souls' and "The Nose". But Taras Bulba totally caught me by surprise - which was (ironically) both pleasant and a disappointment... Read more

Published on Dec 22 2002 by doc peterson