A School for Fools

A School for Fools (Russian: Школа для дураков, Shkola dlya durakov) is a novel by Sasha Sokolov, first published in Ardis Publishing in 1976. The novel is often classified as a work of phantasmagoric modernism. Vladimir Nabokov called it "an enchanting, tragic, and touching work".

Characters

-The Narrator (unnamed).

-Nymphea Alba.

-Those Who Came.

-The narrator's Father.

-The narrator's Mother.

-Savl/Pavel Petrovich Norvegov.

-Mikheev/Medvedev.

-Yakov and Sheina Emmanuilovna Trachtenberg-Tinbergen.

-Veta Acatova.

-Arcady Arcadievich Acatov.

-Rosa Windova.

-Principal Perillo.

Themes and Motifs

-Perspective.

-Time.

-Narrative Voice.

-Sanity.

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