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The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; David McDuff
ISBN: 0140445277
ISBN-13: 9780140445275
Format: Paperback
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Summary
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV states and exemplifies Dostoevsky's most urgent concerns as a writer: the struggle between faith and the lack of it, the nature of love and hate, the question of God's existence, and generational conflict. The latter is represented in his novel by the father, Fyodor Karamazov, and his four very different sons: the saintly Alyosha, passionately sensual Dmitri, Ivan the intellectual, and the repulsive bastard son, Smerdyakov, who eventually becomes the murderer of his cruel father. All four sons, however, hate him, and the question of guilt is ambiguous. It has been theorized that Dostoyevski's hatred for his own father was the springboard for this examination of patricide and guilt.
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"'The Brothers Karamazov' is the novel I reread most often and love best." -- Susan Sontag
"The most extraordinary philosophical novel in world literature." -- Czeslaw Milosz
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A tragedy of Shakespearean force and intensity, Dostoyevsky's drama of parricide and family rivalry chronicles the murder of depraved landowner Fyodor Karamazov and the subsequent investigation and trial. Extensive notes explain the many literary and topical allusions and provide background information.
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The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
New York: Penguin Classics. Good +. 1993. Soft Cover. 0140445277 Tight spine, underlining throughout. Illustrated wraps, edges rubbed, corners bumped, previous owner's number list inside front wrap. 920 Pgs.. Keywords: CONTINENTAL, EUROPEAN, FICTION, FICTIONAL, WORKS. ( more information) Offered by The New Street Book Shop (United States)
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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