Question
In a novel by this author, Porfiry freezes to death on his mother’s grave after neglecting his entire family. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Russian author of the depressing novel The Golovlyov Family and the novel The History of a Town, which is set in Glupov, often translated as Foolsburg.
ANSWER: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin [accept either underlined portion; or Nikolai Shchedrin; or Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin; or Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov]
[10m] In his introduction to The Golovlyov Family, James Wood wrote that the “alienated actor” prototype runs from Dostoevsky, to Shchedrin, to this author. Wood cites this author’s novel Mysteries and a novel whose protagonist pawns his clothes and meets the woman Ylajali (“EE-lah-YAH-lee”).
ANSWER: Knut Hamsun [or Knud Pedersen] (The other novel is Hunger. The Wood introduction is for the NYRB Classics edition of The Golovlyov Family.)
[10e] When Shchedrin was upset at negative reviews, this author sent him a letter telling him he was “destined to make a deep mark on our literature.” This author’s own novels include First Love and Fathers and Sons.
ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev [or Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev]
<Literature - European Literature - Short Fiction>
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