This acclaimed new English version of Dostoevsky's magnificent last novel does justice to all its levels of artistry and intention: as murder mystery, black comedy, pioneering work of psychological realism and enduring statement about freedom, sin and suffering.
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A dysfunctional family: a murder, a mystery, an investigation. A 19th century Russian whodunit. But also, a whydunit, or a whydoanything. Some books become mirrors looking into mirrors, an abyss on either side, to use a Karamazovian expression. Dostoevsky is inventing the Western modern, posing questions and formulating ironies that remain both fresh and deliciously unresolved today. - Jeremy (QBD)
Guest, 04/03/2019
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Murder? Crime? Dysfunctional family drama? Madness? Money? Power? Death? Some books become mirrors looking into mirrors, an abyss on either side, to use a Karamazovian expression. Within this novel, there are many levels, and many depths - and I use the word depths in particular. Dostoevsky is inventing the modern, in a number of ways, posing questions and formulating ironies that remain both fresh and so deliciously unresolved today, and are caught up with those kind of absurd notions that influenced further thinkers and writers. - Jeremy (QBD)
Guest, 19/07/2018
