Two Crocodiles
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2021-02-03 19:18:39
Two Crocodiles highlights two literary masters from opposite ends of the world - Russia''s Fyodor Dostoevsky and Uruguay''s Felisberto Hernandez. Dostoevsky''s crocodile, cruelly displayed in a traveling sideshow, gobbles whole a pretentious high-...
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Two Crocodiles highlights two literary masters from opposite ends of the world - Russia''s Fyodor Dostoevsky and Uruguay''s Felisberto Hernandez. Dostoevsky''s crocodile, cruelly displayed in a traveling sideshow, gobbles whole a pretentious high-ranking civil servant. But the functionary survives unscathed and seizes his new unique platform to expound to the fascinated public. Dostoevsky''s Crocodile is a matchless, hilarious satire.Hernandez''s Crocodile, on the other hand, while also terribly funny, is a heartbreaker. A pianist struggling to make ends meet as a salesman finds success when he begins to weep before clients and audience alike, but then he can''t stop the crocodile tears.
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