He's not Thomas Pynchon, but in one story by this author, a character reads psalms over a young woman's corpse until the titular demon frightens him to death.
He's not Thomas Pynchon, but in one story by this author, a character reads psalms over a young woman's corpse until the titular demon frightens him to death. In addition to Viy, he also wrote a collection of stories narrated by Rudy Panko, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. In one work, Ivan Yakovlevich searches for a lost appendage, until he wakes up thirteen days with it reattached to his face, and in another, Akaki Akakievich saves up for the title article of clothing, only to have it taken violently from him. For 10 points, name this Ukrainian author of "The Nose", and "The Overcoat" best known for Dead Souls.
He's not Thomas Pynchon, but in one story by this author, a character reads psalms over a young woman's corpse until the titular demon frightens him to death.
Nikolai {Gogol}