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''The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia'' Guardian

Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky intended his novel to castigate the fanaticism of his country''s new political reformers, particularly those known as Nihilists. Blackly funny, grotesque and shocking, Demons is a disturbing portrait of five young men saturated in ideology and bent on destruction, and a compelling study of terrorism.

''Marvellous...a fluid and well-paced translation'' Observer



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Volokhonsky's and Pevear's translation brings to the surface all of Dostoevsky's subtle linguistic and nationalist humour, and the copious notes are indispensable for making one's way through the thicket of 19th-century Russian politics * Kirkus Reviews *
An outstanding achievement * John Bayley *
As close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English * Chicago Tribune *
Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the mind of the terrorist * Sunday Times *
Marvellous...fluid and well-paced translation * Observer *

DemonsA Novel in Three Parts

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    A Paperback / softback by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 15 September 1994
      ISBN-13 9780099140016
      978-0099140016
      ISBN-10 0099140012
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      Books by Fyodor Dostoevsky

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia'' Guardian

      Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky intended his novel to castigate the fanaticism of his country''s new political reformers, particularly those known as Nihilists. Blackly funny, grotesque and shocking, Demons is a disturbing portrait of five young men saturated in ideology and bent on destruction, and a compelling study of terrorism.

      ''Marvellous...a fluid and well-paced translation'' Observer



      Trade Review
      Volokhonsky's and Pevear's translation brings to the surface all of Dostoevsky's subtle linguistic and nationalist humour, and the copious notes are indispensable for making one's way through the thicket of 19th-century Russian politics * Kirkus Reviews *
      An outstanding achievement * John Bayley *
      As close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English * Chicago Tribune *
      Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the mind of the terrorist * Sunday Times *
      Marvellous...fluid and well-paced translation * Observer *

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