A page from this short story is used by Ashoke to signal rescue workers in Jhumpa Lahiri's novelThe Namesake.
A page from this short story is used by Ashoke to signal rescue workers in Jhumpa Lahiri's novelThe Namesake. The mother of this story's red-haired protagonist rejected the names Mokiya, Sossiyaor Khozdazat for her son, who as an adult enjoys hand-copying documents. Its opening paragraphdeclares that "there is nothing more irritable" than "people in government departments". This storycenters on a (*) "perpetual titular councilor" who uses his Christmas bonus to enlist the services ofPetrovich before becoming a ghost and retrieving the title object from the "Very Important Personage". For10 points, name this story in which the clerk Akaky Akakievich dies after losing the title piece of clothing,a work of Nikolai Gogol.
A page from this short story is used by Ashoke to signal rescue workers in Jhumpa Lahiri's novelThe Namesake.
"The Overcoat" [accept "Shinel" or "The Cloak"]