Nikolai Leskov,Ian Dreiblatt
A new translation of the hilarious picaresque about a man with an indomitable spirit , Â ,The Enchanted Wanderer, is a Russian ,Candide, with a revolutionary edge, a picaresque that features a fast-talking monk named Ivan who is at war, it seems, with every level of society. Working as a carriage man for a Count, Ivan accidentally causes the death of a monk, which leads to his being ostracized by the local peasantry .â€†.â€†. until the dead monk returns as a ghost to guide him through trouble upon trouble.
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The Enchanted Wanderer