Gogol

Dose locks

Fucker had his shit together, mysterious figure.

Read The Cloak (hope this is the right translation) and The Nose. The Cloak was excellent. Perfectly captured shame, poverty, despair, loss and regret all in a story about a fucking new coat.
The Nose was honestly underwhelming in comparison.

>>9165869
It's usually translated as the overcoat, but I agree it was great. Maybe my favorite short story I've read.

what are some good translations?

became the best that ever was, realized literature is degenerate and burned it down

>>9165788
Extremely unhappy Orthodox Christian homosexual who managed to transmute his suffering into art