{"product_id":"cnq75zrie1v4","title":"Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A truly great translation . . . This English version really is better' - A. N. Wilson,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePoor Folk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNotes from Underground,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrime and Punishment,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDemons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2008), and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48328949563642,"sku":"CNQ75ZRIE1V4","price":362.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/CNQ75ZRIE1V4_1.jpg?v=1748626588","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/cnq75zrie1v4","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}