{"_id":"635dc48baff00836171512c1","title":"Memoirs of a Madman","author":"Nikolai Gogol","code":"memoirs-of-a-madman","publish_year":1835,"words":7961,"image":"stare.jpg","image_alt":"A man intensely staring, Graphite filter.","genres":["quirky","literary"],"blurb":"“I think that it is one of the most refined joys of this world to interchange thoughts, feelings, and impressions.”","description":"Poprishchin, lacking in prestige and romantic success, slowly delves into insanity through his memoirs.","original_language":"Russian","unique_cover":"Painting of a man in a night gown","cover_source":"Ilya Repin","translators":["Claud Field"],"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}