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The acclaimed author of Waiting for the Barbarians and Life & Times of Michael K enters the world and mind of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany back to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this book is at once a compelling mystery and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination.

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A masterful novel by South African novelist J.M. Coetzee. This amazing book captures both the spirit of the novelist Dostoesvky, about whom the novel is written, while at the same time being another insightful depiction of human nature that is totally Coetzee's. A must read!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140238105
Author:
Coetzee, J. M.
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Author:
Coetzee, J. M.
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Russia
Subject:
Saint Petersburg
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Russia Social life and customs 1533-1917.
Subject:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Series Volume:
no. 161
Publication Date:
November 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
7.77x5.08x.68 in. .50 lbs.
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