Two Crocodiles
by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Felisberto Hernández
Translated from Russian by Constance Garnett and Esther Allen
Two Crocodiles highlights two literary masters from opposite ends of the world — Russia’s Fyodor Dostoevsky and Uruguay’s Felisberto Hernández. Dostoevsky’s crocodile, cruelly displayed in a travelling sideshow, gobbles whole a pretentious high-ranking civil servant. But the functionary survives unscathed and seizes his new unique platform to expound to the fascinated public. Dostoevsky’s Crocodile is a matchless, hilarious satire.
Hernández’s Crocodile, on the other hand, while also terribly funny, is a heartbreaker. A pianist struggling to make ends meet as a salesman finds success when he begins to weep before clients and audience alike, but then he can’t stop the crocodile tears.
Paperback(published July 16, 2013)
- ISBN
- 9780811220989
- Price US
- 10.95
- Price CN
- 11.99
- Page Count
- 88