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The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions): Dostoevsky's finest short stories in the timeless translations of Constance

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions): Dostoevsky's finest short stories in the timeless translations of Constance
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Fyodor Dostoevsky
Introduction by Michael Wood
Seriesriverrun editions
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9781787478244
ClassificationsDewey:891.733
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Quercus Publishing
Imprint riverrun
Publication Date 31 October 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born' A man goes mad because he is happy. A civil servant behaves like a monster at a wedding-party. A man is swallowed by a crocodile, but not eaten nor seriously damaged. Dostoevsky's stories inhabit similarly volcanic atmospheres as his novels, places of curiosity and exception. They resemble jokes and anecdotes, told by volatile, voluble, morbidly sensitive and frustrated characters. These narrators all have a tendency to express themselves in crescendos of conflicting emotions, while the stories themselves steer clear of grand conclusions. Michael Wood's selection of Dostoevsky's shorter works is drawn from the timeless translations of Constance Garnett whose work, he says in his preface, gives readers the best of several worlds.

Author Biography

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. His most famous and influential works include the novels Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot and the novella, Notes From Underground. Michael Wood is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and the author of, among other books, Literature and the Taste of Knowledge and The Habits of Distraction.