{"title":"Books by Fyodor Dostoevsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky stands among the most profound voices in world literature, renowned for his psychological insight and moral intensity. His novels explore the depths of human emotion, guilt, and redemption, often set against the turbulent backdrop of nineteenth‑century Russia. Through unforgettable characters and searching narratives, he probes the boundaries between good and evil, faith and doubt, freedom and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the haunting introspection of *Crime and Punishment* to the spiritual grandeur of *The Brothers Karamazov*, Dostoevsky's work continues to challenge and inspire readers. His writing combines philosophical depth with thrilling storytelling, making each novel a journey into the complexities of conscience and the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you this author? Drop us a line to update your details \u003cb\u003ehello@bookcurl.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-dead-the-gambler-9781840226294","title":"The House of the Dead \/ The Gambler","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Constance Garnett with an introduction by Anthony Briggs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence (20 murders in his four main novels) was based on his own life, and these two unmistakably autobiographical works bear this out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is fiction, but based on his four years in a Siberian prison. An educated upper-class man is condemned to live among criminals and brutal guards, with arbitrary punishments, lousy food, disgusting living conditions, hard toil and many floggings. 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Many of these stories, like his great novels, reveal his special sympathy for the solitary and dispossessed, explore the same complex psychological issues and subtly combine rich characterization and philosophical meditations on the (often) dark areas of the human psyche, all conveyed in an idiosyncratic blend of deadly seriousness and wild humour. \u003ci\u003eIn Notes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, the Underground Man casually dismantles utilitarianism and celebrates in its stead a perverse but vibrant masochism. \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Tree and a Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the successful pursuit of a young girl by a lecherous old man. In \u003ci\u003eBobok\u003c\/i\u003e, one Ivan Ivanovitch listens in on corpses gossiping in a cemetery and ends up deploring their depravity. In \u003ci\u003eA Gentle Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, the narrator describes his dawning recognition that he is responsible for his wife’s suicide. 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Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT \u003c\/i\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky''s ''psychological record of a crime'' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society''s laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella \u003ci\u003ePoor Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony''s College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb translation \u003c\/b\u003e -- Jennifer Szalai * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA truly great translation ... Sometimes new translations of old favourites are surplus to our requirements. Sometimes, though, a new translation really makes us see a favourite masterpiece afresh. And this English version of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e really is better ... \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as being an horrific story and a compelling drama, is also extremely funny. Ready brings out this quality well ... That knife-edge between sentimentality and farce has been so skilfully and delicately captured here ... Ready's version is colloquial, compellingly modern and \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003ein so far as my amateurish knowledge of the language goes \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e much closer to the Russian. ... The central scene in the book is a masterpiece of translation -- A. N. Wilson * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eI was delighted to discover Oliver Ready's new translation of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment \u003c\/i\u003e... It is brimful of a young man's rage and energy and bullshit. I adored it -- Peter Carey\u003cbr\u003eThis vivid, stylish and rich rendition by Oliver Ready compels the attention of the reader in a way that none of the others I've read comes close to matching. Using a clear and forceful mid-20th-century idiom, Ready gives us an entirely new kind of access to Dostoyevsky's singular, self-reflexive and at times unnervingly comic text. This is the Russian writer's story of moral revolt, guilt and possible regeneration turned into a new work of art ... [It] will give a jolt to the nervous system to anyone interested in the enigmatic Russian author -- John Gray * New Statesman, 'Books of the Year' *\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready's translation of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment \u003c\/i\u003e. . . is a five-star hit, which will make you see the original with new eyes -- A. N. Wilson * Times Literary Supplement, 'Books of the Year' *\u003cbr\u003eAt last we have a translation that brings out the wild humour and vitality of the original -- Robert Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was bowled over, by the novel itself and the utterly brilliant translation, which grabs you by the lapels and doesn't let go. In the course of my work, I go through mountains of nonfiction to try to understand the world. This summer, I was reminded of the power of a novel to uncover something much deeper about the human spirit\u003c\/p\u003e -- Fareed Zakaria * The New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force built from prose that is not only impeccable in its own right but also perfectly suited to the story, its characters, its epoch and themes. We should treasure this new translation and, indeed, this new book * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003eA dazzlingly agile and robust new translation . . . Ready, who has a practiced ear for Russian dialect and a natural grace with English, is exceptionally deft at navigating [the novel's] challenges ... His ability to reproduce the whole heady brew of Dostoyevsky's novel in a consistent but nimble modern English ought to be applauded * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eWhat a great book this is and nothing like the dated, heavy Russian literature I thought I might have to wade through. It's a page turner - a dark, comic thriller with an anti-hero akin to Macbeth and characters so perfectly rendered as to leap from the page. The style is really modern and constantly delves into the mad thoughts of the protagonist - if you can call him that - Raskolnikov. Try it, especially Oliver Ready's high-tempo version -- Gary Kemp\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready's version is outstanding in finding \u003ci\u003ele mot juste\u003c\/i\u003e for all of Dostoevsky's graphic verbs and odd objects (few Russian writers have a lexical range to equal Dostoevsky's) * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eReady's translation is nothing less than a wonder. He mirrors the tonal shifts in Dostoyevsky's original more nimbly than any English-language translator has before, and he catches the dark humour that runs through the book mostly below its surface, and best of all, he captures the essential, unchanging \u003ci\u003eabsurdity \u003c\/i\u003eof Raskolnikov perfectly ... Ready's version crackles with grubby, demented vitality -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Monthly *\u003cbr\u003eReady's lively translation succeeds in admirably capturing the psychological intensity of Dostoyevsky's style. . . . [It] replicates natural speech patterns in a way that Pevear and Volokhonsky's rather stilted translation does not. . . . [Ready's] English prose is rhythmic and, at times, poetic. . . . It is [the novel's] sense of frenzy that Ready so brilliantly captures in his new translation, which will ensure that another generation of readers remains enraptured by \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e -- Slavic and East European Journal\u003cbr\u003eReady's vivid, new version ... is more than a Titanic idea of a great translation. It is the real thing ... Crisp and compelling, building on staccato rhythmic structures to heighten the novel's dramatic tension, then elegantly sidling into Dostoyevsky's abrupt denouement, his translation brings new life to a 150-year-old classic, rendering the familiar in fresh light * The Wichita Eagle *\u003cbr\u003eA gorgeous translation ... Inside one finds an excellent apparatus: a chronology, a terrific contextualizing introduction, a handy compendium of suggestions for further reading, and cogent notes on the translation. . . . But the best part is Ready's supple translation of the novel itself. Ready manages to cleave as closely as any prior translator to both spirit and letter, while rendering them into an English that is a relief to read * The East-West Review *\u003cbr\u003eWhat a pleasure it is to see Oliver Ready's new translation bring renewed power to one of the world's greatest works of fiction ... Ready's work is of substantial and superb quality ... 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