The Double: Fyodor Dostoevsky - Brossura

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847496032 ISBN 13: 9781847496034

Casa editrice: Alma Books, 2016

Riassunto

Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is confronted by the sudden appearance of his double, a more brazen, confident and socially successful version of himself, who abuses and victimizes the original. As he is increasingly persecuted, Golyadkin finds his social, romantic and professional life unravelling, in a spiral that leads to a catastrophic denouement.

The Double, Dostoevsky's second published work of fiction, which foreshadows in its themes many of his mature novels, is the surreal and hallucinatory tale of an unfortunate anti-hero, at once chilling in its depiction of the dark sides of human nature and exuberantly comical.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

The most impressive thing about The Double is how pertinent it feels today... like all the best fiction, The Double reinvents and rewrites itself for the current age. --Jeremy Dyson

L'autore:

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) is considered one of the greatest writers of all times. His works include such seminal novels as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Karamazov Brothers.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Alma Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1847496032
• ISBN 13: 9781847496034
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208