Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2006
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-102491-2 (ISBN)

Infos

How far would you go to escape the real world? The underground man had always felt like an outsider. He doesn't want to be like other people, working in the ant-hill' of society. So he decides to withdraw from the world, scrawling a series of darkly sarcastic notes about the torment he is suffering. His only comfort is the humiliation of others.

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How far would you go to escape the real world? The underground man had always felt like an outsider. He doesn't want to be like other people, working in the ant-hill' of society. So he decides to withdraw from the world, scrawling a series of darkly sarcastic notes about the torment he is suffering. Angry and alienated, his only comfort is the humiliation of others. Is he going mad? Or is it the world around him that's insane?

Autor

Moscow-born Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) served time in a convict prison for his political alliances, and in his later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His novels include The Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Penguin Red Classics
• Einführung: Robert Louis Jackson
• Übersetzer: Jesse Coulson
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 111 x 181 mm
• Gewicht: 117 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0-14-102491-7 / 0141024917
• ISBN-13: 978-0-14-102491-2 / 9780141024912
• Zustand: Neuware