The Double - Couverture souple

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486295729 ISBN 13 : 9780486295725

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Book by Dostoyevsky Fyodor

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'The Double' is a remarkable tale in the tradition of doppelganger literature. As Dostoevsky examines the neurosis and paranoia that cripple a seemingly ordinary man, he produces a thoroughly 'modern' nightmare, brilliantly foreshadowing the works of Kafka and Sartre. Mr Golyadkin is a rather middling man, a somewhat insignificant government official. Then one day he meets his 'double' - a man with the same name, face and background. Initially charmed by the co-incidence, Golyadkin soon notices a discernable cooling in the reaction of his friends and colleagues towards him, whilst his double seems to grow in popularity. Unable to escape the relentless presence of 'Golyadkin junior', suddenly even the most ordinary activities - going shopping, attending parties - take on a terrifying significance, and Golyadkin finds himself at the brink of breakdown.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Double centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the polar opposites to those of the toadying "pushover" protagonist. The motif of the novella is a doppelgänger (Russian "dvoynik"), known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0486295729
• ISBN 13: 9780486295725
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144