Notes From Underground: Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky - Couverture souple

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

 
9780099140115: Notes From Underground: Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 009914011X ISBN 13 : 9780099140115
Editeur : Vintage Classics, 1993

Synopsis

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY

Dostoevsky'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'.

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À propos de l'auteur

Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock-execution his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia where he developed epilepsy.He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead was based on these experiences. In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist position. In the following years he spent a lot of time abroad, struggled with an addiction to gambling and fell deeply in debt. His wife died in 1864 and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the following years he published his most enduring and successful books, including Crime and Punishment (1865). He died on 9th February 1881.

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Éditeur
Vintage Classics
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
009914011X
ISBN 13 
9780099140115
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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