Ashoke Ganguli reads this story prior to a train derailment in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, and names his son after its author. In this story's opening, its author dismisses that its protagonist has a "strange and farfetched name," and that protagonist receives a large holi
Ashoke Ganguli reads this story prior to a train derailment in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, and names his son after its author. In this story's opening, its author dismisses that its protagonist has a "strange and farfetched name," and that protagonist receives a large holiday bonus for his eagerness in copying documents prior to meeting the "Very Important Person" after two ruffians kick him down into the snow and steal the title object. The ghost of Akaky Akakievich haunts St. Petersburg in, for 10 points, what work by Nikolai Gogol about a warm garment?
Ashoke Ganguli reads this story prior to a train derailment in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, and names his son after its author.
"The {Overcoat}" [or "{Shinel}"; or "The {Cloak}"]