The Brothers Karamazov

By (author) Dostoevsky Fyodor; Introduction by Jones, Malcolm V; Translated by Pevear Richard; Translated by Volokhonsky Larissa
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The BROTHERS KARAMAZOV - Dostoevsky''s most widely read novel - is at once a murder mystery, a mordant comedy of family intrigue, a pioneering work of psychological realism and an unblinking look into the abyss of human suffering.
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A magnificent new translation of Dostoevsky''s masterpiece, which when first published in 1991 was described by the TIMES as ''a miracle'' and by THE INDEPENDENT as a near ''ideal translation''. The BROTHERS KARAMAZOV - Dostoevsky''s most widely read novel - is at once a murder mystery, a mordant comedy of family intrigue, a pioneering work of psychological realism and an unblinking look into the abyss of human suffering.
Biographical note:

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author)

Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock-execution his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia where he developed epilepsy.He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead was based on these experiences. In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist position. In the following years he spent a lot of time abroad, struggled with an addiction to gambling and fell deeply in debt. His wife died in 1864 and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the following years he published his most enduring and successful books, includingCrime and Punishment (1865). He died on 9th February 1881.
Richard Pevear (Translator)

Richard Pevear has published translations of Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Savinio and Pavel Florensky, as well as two books of poetry.

He has received fellowships for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the translation of The Brothers Karamazov.

Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)

Larissa Volokhonsky was born in Leningrad.
She has translated the work of the prominent
Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann
and John Meyendorff.
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Winner of the PEN / Book-of-the-Month Club Prize in America.