The Story of the Nose

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Publisher's Synopsis

"Sir, now the matter is perfectly clear. You... you are my nose!"

The Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov wakes one morning to discover that his nose has disappeared. Unbeknownst to him, it has mysteriously found its way into a loaf of bread on the barber Yokovlevich's breakfast table. The barber attempts to dispose of it, but when Kovalyov steps out onto the St Petersburg streets, he finds his nose, now the size of a human, wearing a gold-embroidered uniform and travelling around in a carriage ...


Dave Eggers says, of the series: "I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it. Ever since Alessandro conceived this idea I thought it was brilliant. The editions that they've complied have been lushly illustrated and elegantly designed."

Book information

ISBN: 9781782690177
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books
Pub date:
Edition: Hardback original
DEWEY: 853.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 96
Weight: 536g
Height: 257mm
Width: 196mm
Spine width: 18mm