Идіотъ

Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Fyodor Dostoyevsky set out to portray "a truly beautiful soul" that clashes with the brutal reality of contemporary society. Returning to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive Prince Myshkin, known as "the Idiot," visits his distant relative, General Yepanchin, and proceeds to charm the general and his circle. But after falling in love with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna, Myshkin finds himself caught in a love triangle and drawn into a web of blackmail, betrayal and, ultimately, murder. This new translation by David McDuff is sensitive to the changing registers of the original Russian and captures the nervous, elliptical flow of the narrative for a new generation of readers.

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Russia in Fiction, Fiction, Social Conditions, Social Life and Customs, Russian Fiction, Translations into English, Russia, Classical Literature, Continental European Fiction (fictional works by an author), Television Adaptations, Idiot (television programme), English Fiction, Russian Literature, Translations from Russian, German, Dictionaries, English Language, Russian Fiction, Translations into English, English Literature, Translations, Princes, Художественная литература -- Russian Federation -- Russian Literature -- 2-ая пол. 19 in. -- Romans, Aristocracy (Social Class), Brothers, Fathers and daughters, Atonement, Epileptics, Sanatoriums, Triangles (Interpersonal Relations), History, Romans, nouvelles, Frères, Pères et filles, Épileptiques, Triangle (Human Relations), Social Conditions, Histoire, CHR 2004, PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Collection Copy Mart), Long Now Manual for Civilization, Good and Evil, Historical Fiction, Fiction in English, French Language, Decoration and Ornamentation of Churches, RelationshipsPlaces

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