The Gambler - Brossura

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847492061 ISBN 13: 9781847492067

Casa editrice: Oneworld Classics, 2012

Riassunto

One of the most accessible and entertaining works by the author of Crime and Punishment and The Karamazov Brothers Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, this tale is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves. With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best.

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Recensione:

'No novelist ever wrestled with materialism more fiercely and intelligently than Dostoevsky.' --Jonathan Franzen

L'autore:

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821?1881) is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His works include such seminal novels as Crime and Punishment and The Karamazov Brothers. Hugh Aplin has translated Mikhail Bulgakov's A Dog's Heart and The Fatal Eggs, Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Eternal Husband, and Mikhail Kuzmin's Wings.

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• Editore: Oneworld Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847492061
• ISBN 13: 9781847492067
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 203