Winter Notes On Summer Impressions Av F.m. Dostoevsky

Brand-new translation of one of Dostoevsky's most important early works, fully annotated.

Pevear and Volokhonsky''s translation is the only translation that counts. They are the only translators who succeed in making Dostoevsky accessible to a 21st century audience, thanks to their ruthless attention to detail at the expense of alterations...

The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical...

<p>In 1849 the young Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years'' hard labour in a Siberian prison camp for advocating socialism. <i>Notes from a Dead House </i>(sometimes translated as <i>The House of the Dead</i>),...