| The House of the Dead: New Translation Contributor(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author), Cockrell, Roger (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1847496660 ISBN-13: 9781847496669 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.70 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is sent to a prison colony in Siberia for killing his wife. Largely ignored at first by his fellow inmates due to his noble blood, he gradually settles in and becomes an avid observer of the new world around him - watching his fellow prisoners being brutally and cruelly punished by the guards, listening to their past stories of blood and murder, assimilating the institution's social codes and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity. Based on Dostoevsky's own autobiographical experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, this genre-defying novel is not only an unflinching expos of the conditions faced by prisoners during the Tsarist period, but also a call to see the human side in criminals and rediscover the values of forgiveness and compassion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor: - Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist and writer of fiction whose works, including Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, have had a profound and lasting effect on intellectual thought and world literature. |