Comrades, Maxim Gorky
Comrades, Maxim Gorky
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Comrades

Author: Maxim Gorky

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/06/2014


Synopsis

Maxim Gorky, whose real name was Alexey Maximovich Pyeshkov, is probably the best known late nineteenth century Russian fiction writer among the English speaking world. His pen-name translates as Maxim the Bitter, which attitude is reflected in many of his works.

Much of his writing reflects his own terrible life experiences and suffering. It is in his short stories that he reveals his true genius. "Comrades" reveals an ironic humour in its conception and is one of Gorky's lighter tales.

A peasant policeman is dispatched to escort a vagrant without papers to the nearest magistrate, a considerable distance away. As the two talk on the journey, it becomes clear to the listener... and finally to the policeman... the real identity of the vagrant.

Reviews

Goodreads review by P.E. on April 22, 2020

Un texte accessible pour les apprenants en début de parcours, un récit très vivant et une impression de vécu qu'on ne trouve pas souvent ! Par contre, est-ce que Charkov le spoutnik, le compagnon de route caucasien n'est pas un produit de commande un rien biaisé ?... Pas sûr.......more

Goodreads review by SADIK BAYDERE on August 06, 2021

Peşkov olan soyadını zor geçen çocukluk ve gençlik yıllarının anısına "acı" anlamına gelen Gorki olarak değiştiren, Rus edebiyatında sosyalist gerçekçiliğin mimarı sayılan, eserlerinde çağın dünya kültürünü ve devrimi görkemli biçimde kaynaştırabilme becerisini gösteren Gorki'nin kast sistemi altınd......more

Goodreads review by Richard on March 01, 2022

This was fun and well done. Maybe not Tolstoy or Chekhov, but nevertheless a beautiful slice of Russian country life from the late nineteenth century where two seemingly improbable comrades find a connection. It would have fit well into George Saunders' recent book "A Swim In the Pond In the Rain" i......more

Goodreads review by Tuğba on March 19, 2023

Yol Arkadaşım; 5/5 Yemelyan Pilyay; 4/5 🫶......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on August 07, 2016

A seemingly straightforward short story of Gorky and his fellow-traveller, the Georgian Shakro, who walked together from Odessa in Ukraine to Tiflis (Tbilisi) in Georgia. The journey of 1,500 km took them four months. Probably based on real events, the story can be read at many levels. The charm of......more