Gogol

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol – a genius satirist, who journeyed from the son of a minor provincial nobleman to a celebrated writer. This is how we know him from the pages of school textbooks. But no one mentioned that Gogol adored crafting, had virtually no friends, and even fell out with the critic Belinsky! In the new book of the "Most Complete Biography" series, you will find unique facts and astonishing details of the writer's life. Was Gogol really mentally unwell? Who was the greatest love of the writer? Was he "sick" with megalomania? And was it true that the priest, his spiritual mentor, was an evil genius who demanded the destruction of the manuscript for his own glory? You will find answers to these questions in the new book by Iona Riznich. Iona Riznich is the pen name of Maria Baganova, the author of many books on the history of Russia and a great admirer of the works of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.