Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky)

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Fyodor Dostoevsky Larissa Volokhonsky

Demons

A Novel in Three Parts (Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky)

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear

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Vintage
04 November 2021

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

The Great Russian novelist's disturbing and compelling study of terrorism, through five young men saturated in ideology and bent on destruction

'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

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by: Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 561g
ISBN: 9780099140016
ISBN 10: 0099140012
Pages: 768
Publication Date: 04 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Moscow in 1821, Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky is regarded as one of the greatest writers who ever lived. Literary modernism and various schools of psychology and theology have been deeply changed by his ideas. He died in 1881 in St Petersburg, Russia. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation for their version of The Brothers Karamazov. They are married and live in France.

Reviews for Demons: A Novel in Three Parts (Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky)

""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