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Demons
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Description for Demons
Hardcover. Set in mid 19th-century Russia, this book examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 44. Weight in Grams: 790.
Set in mid 19th-century Russia, Demons examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers.Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a novel-pamphlet in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia-a novel that is rivaled only by The Brothers Karamazov as Dostoevsky's greatest. The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as The Possessed.
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
784
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857151824
SKU
V9781857151824
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99-97
Reviews for Demons
ÝAn admirable new translation of...Dostoevsky's masterpiece. - New York Review of Books The merit in this edition of Demons resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators...They capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life. - New York Times Book Review Demons is the Dostoevsky novel for our age...ÝPevear and Volokhonsky have managed to capture and differentiate the characters' many voices...They come into their own when faced with Dostoevsky's wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns...A capital job of restoration. - Los Angeles Times With an Introduction by Richard Pevear