The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky & Andrew R. MacAndrew & Konstantin Mochulsky
Language: English
Classic fiction (pre c 1945) Classics Criticism Fiction General General & Literary Fiction Historical Literature - Classics Literature: Classics Psychological Romance Romance - Historical Romance: Historical Russian & Former Soviet Union
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: Aug 15, 1970
Description:
In 1880 Dostoevsky completed The Brothers Karamazov , the literary effort for which he had been preparing all his life. Compelling, profound, complex, it is the story of a patricide and of the four sons who each had a motive for murder: Dmitry, the sensualist, Ivan, the intellectual; Alyosha, the mystic; and twisted, cunning Smerdyakov, the bastard child. Frequently lurid, nightmarish, always brilliant, the novel plunges the reader into a sordid love triangle, a pathological obsession, and a gripping courtroom drama. But throughout the whole, Dostoevsky searhes for the truth--about man, about life, about the existence of God. A terrifying answer to man's eternal questions, this monumental work remains the crowning achievement of perhaps the finest novelist of all time. **