Life of a Bishop's Assistant Satire but a doubt contemptuous of

but a doubt contemptuous of stone and silence and time itself

Healy’s interest in drama was long-standing

ISBN: 9781628971583

Revol's novel is first and foremost a Menippean satire of the cosmopolitan west in the sixties

Publication Date: 1/28/2020

Life of a Bishop's Assistant Satire but a doubt contemptuous ofLife of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century historical figure Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he became a bishops assistant before being fortunate enough to rise all the way to the position of gubernia procurator. Shklovsky illuminates Dobrinins obscure story, narrating it with an innovative ingenuity that takes centre stage. Life of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century