{"product_id":"the-golovlyov-family-a-russian-classic-of-hypocrisy-decay-and-domestic-tyranny-9781468301564","title":"The Golovlyov Family: A Russian Classic of Hypocrisy, Decay, and Domestic Tyranny","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. E. Saltykov | S. D. Cioran\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ardis Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ardis Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA chilling masterpiece of Russian realism that dissects the moral decay of a noble family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this scathing portrait of 19th-century Russian aristocracy, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin chronicles the slow, suffocating collapse of the Golovlyov family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center is Arina Petrovna, a domineering matriarch who rules her estate with iron will and emotional austerity. Her children-weak, vain, and spiritually hollow-drift into ruin, none more hauntingly than Porfiry Vladimirovich, known as \"Little Judas,\" whose pious hypocrisy masks a soul steeped in cruelty and self-delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with biting satire and psychological depth, \u003cem\u003eThe Golovlyov Family\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as Saltykov-Shchedrin's magnum opus and one of the darkest works in Russian literature. It is a novel of generational rot, where love is absent, faith is performative, and the family estate becomes a mausoleum of the living dead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ardis Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780699275415,"sku":"9781468301564","price":1615.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781468301564.webp?v=1778047368","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-golovlyov-family-a-russian-classic-of-hypocrisy-decay-and-domestic-tyranny-9781468301564","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}