A fierce old Cossack and his two sons ride to war against the Poles, ending in betrayal and death. Gogol's romantic, brutal historical tale.
Books that mention Taras Bulba (2)
The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “I thought of the Jew Jankel, whom Gogol describes in his Tarass Boulba, and who, when undressed and ready to go to bed with his Jewess in a sort of cupboard, resembled a fowl”
The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov: “In the green shadows he looks exactly like the Taras Bulba.”