Christofi, Alex
Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life
- ISBN 13:
- 9781472964694
- author:
- Christofi, Alex
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Continuum
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.3 centimeters (0.52 kg
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. From his early days as a revolutionary to his later acceptance into the Tsar's inner circle, he navigated a world of seismic change in Russia. Amidst this turmoil, he found time to write some of literature's most enduring works. This biography weaves together excerpts from Dostoevsky's own writing with historical context to form a unique and illuminating portrait of his life. The result is a novelistic account that immerses the reader in Dostoevsky's world, from the Siberian prison camp to the refined salons of St Petersburg. Through his relationships with three women - Maria, Polina, and Anna - Christofi sheds new light on the complexities of Dostoevsky's life. By reading between the lines of his fiction, he reconstructs a memoir that might have been written had life and literary stardom not intervened.
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