Taras Bulba Author:Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Ernest Hemingway called Taras Bulba "One of the 10 greatest books of all time." According to John Cournos, "Taras Bulba" is the finest epic in Russian literature and helped Gogol to influence Russian literature for generations. Gogol has written in "Taras Bulba" his own reproach to the nineteenth century. The story is rich in adventure, batt... more »le scenes and touches of Gogol's humor.« less