Oblomov

First published 150 years ago, Ivan Goncharov's classic of Russian literature "Oblomov" is a captivating story of one man's dark mental struggle. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a likeable, thirty-something living in St. Petersburg. Oblomov spends his days lying around his apartment, drifting in and out of sleep, dreaming of his perfect childhood on his ancestral estate, Oblomovka, with only his lifelong servant, Zakhar, as a companion. But when his ambitious childhood friend introduces Oblomov to a beautiful woman named Olga, Oblomov moves to the country to be near her. While falling in love with Oblomov, Olga is determined to make him a man of action. 443p.