尼古拉·果戈理 (Nikolai Gogol)

《尼古拉果戈理》是纳博科夫较少为世人所知的传记作品。作者将读者带入果戈理的青年时代，浏览了他的早期作品，并提供了他收集的《钦差大臣》和《死魂灵》第一卷的详细评论。他还简短地评论了果戈理最著名的短篇小说《外套》。在书中，纳博科夫探讨了果戈理独具魅力的写作手法，用他自己翻译的多个片段来证明果戈理无可挑剔的行文。他强调的并不是果戈理作品的情节，而是它们的风格，并且成功地展现了以讽刺著称的果戈理的另一面。 ( Nikolai Gogol is one of the less known biographical works written by Nabokov. The author brings readers to go back to Gogol’s youth, scan his early works, and provide his detailed comments on the collected volumes of the Imperial Commissioner and Dead souls. He also briefly commented on Gogol’s most famous short story Jacket. In his book, Nabokov explores Gogol’s fascinating writing styles and used his own translation pieces to prove Gogol’s impeccable writing form. What he emphasizes is not the plot of Gogol’s work, but his style, and success in showing the other side of Gogol who has been known for his irony. )