Village of Stepanchikovo Pb - Couverture souple

Dostoevsky, F. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801494575 ISBN 13 : 9780801494574

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Dostoevsky Fyodor

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Summoned to the country estate of his wealthy uncle Colonel Yegor Rostanev, the young student Sergey Aleksandrovich finds himself thrown into a startling bedlam. For as he soon sees, his meek and kind-hearted uncle is wholly dominated by a pretentious and despotic pseudo-intellectual named Opiskin, a charlatan who has ingratiated himself with Yegor's mother and now holds the entire household under his thumb. Watching the absurd theatrics of this domestic tyrant over forty-eight explosive hours, Sergey grows increasingly furious - until at last, he feels compelled to act. A compelling comic exploration of petty tyranny, The Village of Stepanchikovo reveals a delight in life's wild absurdities that rivals even Gogol's. It also offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the characters and situations of many of Dostoyevsky's great later novels, including The Idiot, Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the human soul had a profound influence on the 20th century novel. Notes from the Underground was followed by Crime and Punishment, (1866) an account of an individual's fall and redemption, The Idiot, (1868) depicting a Christ-like figure, Prince Myshkin, and The Possessed, (1871) an exploration of philosophical nihilism.Translated with an introduction by Ignat Avsey

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0801494575
• ISBN 13: 9780801494574
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 255