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Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

In this novel, where people challenge God and society, in the alternating and dreadful rhythm of crime and punishment, the perversions of human thought and the chaos of subconscious impulses are...

In this novel, where people challenge God and society, in the alternating and dreadful rhythm of crime and punishment, the perversions of human thought and the chaos of subconscious impulses are revealed under a blinding light – as if our eye could see paradise and hell through clouds torn by lightning.

Within this unique world where the idealized and the...

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  • Release 11/2014
  • Pages Pages 896
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Translation Translation Aris Alexandrou
  • Publisher Publisher Ekdoseis Govosti
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    It is a deeply human and philosophical work, which touched me as few have. Dostoevsky, with unique intensity and insight, has his heroes wrestle with the great questions of existence: faith, guilt, freedom, responsibility. It is not an easy book – it requires patience, time, and concentration. But the reward is great.
    His characters are complex, contradictory, full of passion and depth. I often felt that I was not simply reading a novel, but that I was entering into a spiritual conversation with the author himself.
    It is not a book for everyone or for every moment, but when you encounter it at the right time, it can change you. For me, this is Dostoevsky’s most complete and mature work – a true pinnacle of world literature.

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    The most beautiful novel I have ever read.

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  • It is a deeply human and philosophical work, which touched me as few have. Dostoevsky, with unique intensity and insight, has his heroes wrestle with the great questions of existence: faith, guilt, freedom, responsibility. It is not an easy book – it requires patience, time, and concentration. But the reward is great.
    His characters are complex, contradictory, full of passion and depth. I often felt that I was not simply reading a novel, but that I was entering into a spiritual conversation with the author himself.
    It is not a book for everyone or for every moment, but when you encounter it at the right time, it can change you. For me, this is Dostoevsky’s most complete and mature work – a true pinnacle of world literature.

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In this novel, where people challenge God and society, in the alternating and dreadful rhythm of crime and punishment, the perversions of human thought and the chaos of subconscious impulses are revealed under a blinding light – as if our eye could see paradise and hell through clouds torn by lightning.

Within this unique world where the idealized and the melodramatic, the pathological and the healthy, the insightful and the cerebral merge into a solid amalgam, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's last novel, takes a place entirely its own.

This work, written when Dostoevsky was nearly sixty years old and published in 1880, shortly before his death, is not only the most mature and the most complete of his great works, but without a doubt one of the most representative, as it summarizes all his ideas and vividly presents all the achievements of his art.

The intensity of this complex masterpiece makes its analysis and evaluation extremely difficult. It consists of many layers, and while its highest artistic success lies in the unity and interdependence of all its parts, one is obliged to examine these layers one by one separately, thus isolating them from each other and splitting the wholeness of the novel that is in fact an indivisible artistic whole.

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Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher
Ekdoseis Govosti
Publishers
Gavostis Publications
Type
Classic Literature
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
896
Release Date
11/2014
Publication Date
2014
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9789604462308

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    7 out of 7 members found this review helpful

    It is a deeply human and philosophical work, which touched me as few have. Dostoevsky, with unique intensity and insight, has his heroes wrestle with the great questions of existence: faith, guilt, freedom, responsibility. It is not an easy book – it requires patience, time, and concentration. But the reward is great.
    His characters are complex, contradictory, full of passion and depth. I often felt that I was not simply reading a novel, but that I was entering into a spiritual conversation with the author himself.
    It is not a book for everyone or for every moment, but when you encounter it at the right time, it can change you. For me, this is Dostoevsky’s most complete and mature work – a true pinnacle of world literature.

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    The most beautiful novel I have ever read.

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    • Paper quality
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    • I liked the writing style
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    • I would recommend it for reading
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    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • It is a deeply human and philosophical work, which touched me as few have. Dostoevsky, with unique intensity and insight, has his heroes wrestle with the great questions of existence: faith, guilt, freedom, responsibility. It is not an easy book – it requires patience, time, and concentration. But the reward is great.
    His characters are complex, contradictory, full of passion and depth. I often felt that I was not simply reading a novel, but that I was entering into a spiritual conversation with the author himself.
    It is not a book for everyone or for every moment, but when you encounter it at the right time, it can change you. For me, this is Dostoevsky’s most complete and mature work – a true pinnacle of world literature.

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