The Brothers Karamazov
A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
by Richard Pevear ; Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; Larissa Volokhonsky
ISBN: 0865474222
ISBN-13: 9780865474222
Format: Hardcover
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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: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 1990
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.85 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A masterpiece of world literature, in a bold new translation that makes no attempt to smooth out the rough diction, hesitations, or double-takes in the Russian--linguistic traits essential to the integrity and life of this text that is truer to the original than any other ever produced.
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The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky,Fyodor
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. BCE. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition. The text is clean and unmarked. The binding is sound and square, with a slight crease to the spine due to the weight of the text block. The dust jacket shows a small bit of handling, with one small point of loss along the top edge where the front panel folds into the spine. It is now wrapped in an archival grade Brodart sleeve, and it displays well. A very good copy of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation. ( more information)
Offered by Wolfgang Books (United States)
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The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
Pevear, Richard; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Volokhonsky, Larissa
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: North Point Pr, 1990 796 pages, 4 parts, epilogue, very light, barely noticable tear on the front of the dust jacket and light spot on the side of the contents, dust jacketr is covered with protective plastic cove, appears as strong very good . First Thus. Hard Cover in A dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". ( more information)
Offered by Alexandria Books (Canada)
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