The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions)
Dostoevsky's finest short stories in the timeless translations of Constance Garnett
$30.01
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2019
Summary
‘I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born’
A man goes mad because he is happy.
A civil servant behaves like a monster at a wedding-party.
A man is swallowed by a crocodile, but not eaten nor seriously damaged.
Dostoevsky’s stories inhabit similarly volcanic atmospheres as his novels, places of curiosity and exception. They resemble jokes and anecdotes, told by volatile, voluble, morbidly sensitive and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787478244 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787478246 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Michael Wood |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 34mm |
| Series: | riverrun editions |
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About The Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, story writer, essayist, journalist, and philosopher. His most famous and influential works include the novels Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot, and the novella Notes From Underground.
Michael Wood is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and the author of, among other books, Literature and the Taste of Knowledge and The Habits of Distraction.
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