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Annotation Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia. Publisher Description Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a " novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia. The Nile Staff Review Dostoevsky demands a lot of effort of his readers, especially in the first 200 or so pages of his novels, which can seem very drawn-out. However, once you've soldiered through (memorising the Russian patronyms and dimunutives for his multitudinous characters is a challenge in itself!) and delved into the thick of his narrative, the pay-off is immense. Dostoevsky takes philosophical ideas seriously and brings them to life, exploring their deepest implications and carrying them through to their logical ends, as embodied in the fates of his characters. While slightly less famous than Crime & Punishment, The Idiot or Karamazov, Demons is every bit as engrossing - the work of Dostoevsky at the peak of his talents. He paints a vivid portrait of a provincial Russian town in the late 19th century, when the country was a rising hotbed of radicalism. The apathy and idleness of the local gentry and bureaucracy is contrasted and interwoven brilliantly with the seething dissent (manifested as heady idealism in some cases, unscrupulous cunning in others) of a cell of revolutionary provocateurs in their midst. The tensions culminate, as in most of Dostoevsky's fiction, in a literal and spiritual death, the implications of which will shake the deepest convictions of many a reader. David @ The Nile Read the rest of David's reviews here. |
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