FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYDostoevsky's genius is on display in this powerful existential novel.The apology and confession of a minor mid-19th-century Russian official,Notes from Underground,is a half-desperate,half-mocking political critique and a powerful,at times absurdly comical,account of man's breakaway from society and descent'underground'.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099140115Number of pages: 176Weight: 120 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 18 mm
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You read every shimmering,tormented word,mesmerised. This is Dostoevsky in distillation,a prelude not just to his leading works,but to the entire 20th century... How is it possible to have a character who evokes aspects of Hitler and Pooter,who is hilarious yet disturbing,and both villain and victim Because Dostoevsky was a genius,and the narrator of Notes From Underground his most protean character,with whom you never quite know how you standDostoevsky's is a genuinely disembodied voice,speaking for all sufferers and victims
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
An undisputable giant of Russian fiction,Fyodor Dostoevsky remains one of the most widely read Russian writers,best known for iconic novels Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov.
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