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'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 frustrated characters. These narrators all have a tendency to express themselves in crescendos of conflicting emotions, while the stories themselves steer clear of grand conclusions.

Michael Wood's selection of Dostoevsky's shorter works is drawn from the timeless translations of Constance Garnett whose work, he says in his preface, gives readers the best of several worlds.

The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions): Dostoevsky's finest short stories in the timeless translations of Constance Garnett

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Paperback / softback by Fyodor Dostoevsky , Michael Wood

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'I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born'A man goes mad... Read more

    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 31/10/2019
    ISBN13: 9781787478244, 978-1787478244
    ISBN10: 1787478246

    Number of Pages: 464

    Fiction , Anthologies & Short Stories

    Description

    '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 frustrated characters. These narrators all have a tendency to express themselves in crescendos of conflicting emotions, while the stories themselves steer clear of grand conclusions.

    Michael Wood's selection of Dostoevsky's shorter works is drawn from the timeless translations of Constance Garnett whose work, he says in his preface, gives readers the best of several worlds.

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