Bobok is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores the themes of death and the afterlife. The narrator, Ivan Ivanovich, is a cynical and bitter man who works as an undertaker in St. Petersburg. One day, he overhears two corpses talking to each other about their lives and experiences after death. The story ends with Ivan Ivanovich reflecting on his own mortality and the meaning of life.
By Fyodor Dostoevsky · First published 1873 · Genre: Satire, Philosophical Fiction, Gothic Fiction