Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)
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Award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us a brilliantly faithful rendition of this classic novel, in all its tragedy and tormented comedy. In this second edition, they have updated their translation in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator of Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In full retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man’s essentially irrational nature. Review: Feels like paper - Font is good, the cover isn’t shiny it feels like watercolor paper, which is why mine was a bit damaged at the edges from mail. Cheap and soft and bendy for reading. Will probably get dirty if thrown into a tote bag. Review: Good contents in a large, cheap indie print - Great book with what is considered the gold standard of translations. The quality of the product isn't bad given it is a cheap indie print for desertcart Japan. The downside is it is rather large, not normal novel size and more like a magazine.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,624 Your Review |
H**ナ
Feels like paper
Font is good, the cover isn’t shiny it feels like watercolor paper, which is why mine was a bit damaged at the edges from mail. Cheap and soft and bendy for reading. Will probably get dirty if thrown into a tote bag.
A**I
Good contents in a large, cheap indie print
Great book with what is considered the gold standard of translations. The quality of the product isn't bad given it is a cheap indie print for Amazon Japan. The downside is it is rather large, not normal novel size and more like a magazine.
C**O
It’s a classic for a reason
Book came in perfect condition. Loved it
M**K
Difficult but essential reading
An astonishing insight into the darkest corners of the human psyche. The narrator represents the duality and paradoxical nature of being human, and his underground musings, polemic and reflections hit deep. Every interaction, from characters to the ideas of the time, act as a mirror to the face of the Underground Man, drawing up his fears, resentments - both sustaining him and tempting him to wield power over it. At times darkly comic, and terrifying, this is quite incredible - but not an easy read.
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Fram sidan av boken fick lite böj men tror de har med leveransen att göra med, annars helt perfekt!
M**O
A better translation!
I read this for my book club: this excellent translation is sending me back to all of the Russian greats, as long as they're translated by these two!
G**O
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