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The Master of Petersburg - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670855871
- ISBN 13
- 9780670855872
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About This Item
New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0670855871 . A Near Fine first American edition/first printing with some crease lines across the boards in a creased alike dust-jacket; In The Master of Petersburg, J.M. Coetzee tells the story of a man who, after a lifetime of service to the tsar, is forced to reckon with the consequences of his actions. Ivan Sergiusovich is a man of immense talent and power, but he is also a slave to the system he has helped to create. As the Russian Revolution rapidly approaches, Ivan must choose between preserving his position and risking everything he's built, or risking everything for what may be his last chance at true freedom.Coetzee's novel is a masterful exploration of the human condition, and its themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and hope are timeless.; 8vo; 250 pages .
Synopsis
In the fall of 1869 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, lately a resident of Germany, is summoned back to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, Pavel. Half crazed with grief, stricken by epileptic seizures, and erotically obsessed with his stepson's landlady, Dostoevsky is nevertheless intent on unraveling the enigma of Pavel's life. Was the boy a suicide or a murder victim? Did he love his stepfather or despise him? Was he a disciple of the revolutionary Nechaev, who even now is somewhere in St. Petersburg pursuing a dream of apocalyptic violence? As he follows his stepson's ghost—and becomes enmeshed in the same demonic conspiracies that claimed the boy—Dostoevsky emerges as a figure of unfathomable contradictions: naive and calculating, compassionate and cruel, pious and unspeakably perverse.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54104
- Title
- The Master of Petersburg - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670855871
- ISBN 13
- 9780670855872
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
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