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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's powerful meditation on faith, meaning and morality, The Brothers Karamazov is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in Penguin Classics.<br/><br/>When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.<br/><br/>This powerful translation of The Brothers Karamazov features and introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky's recurrent themes of guilt and salvation, with a new chronology and further reading.<br/><br/>“There is no writer who better demonstrates the contradictions and fluctuations of the creative mind than Dostoyevsky, and nowhere more astonishingly than in The Brothers Karamazov.”—Joyce Carol Oates<br/><br/>“Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life.”—Friedrich Nietzsche<br/><br/>“The most magnificent novel ever written.”—Sigmund Freud
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky • 2025
The Idiot is a profound exploration of human compassion, moral dilemmas, and the clash between innocence and societal cynicism in 19th-century Russia. Fyodor Dostoevsky critiques the rigid social structures and examines the interplay of purity and corruption through the life of Prince Myshkin, a character often described as a Christ-like figure. The novel delves into themes of love, betrayal, and the struggle to maintain integrity in a world fraught with greed and hypocrisy. Since its publication, The Idiot has been celebrated for its psychological depth and the compelling paradoxes it presents. Its exploration of universal themes such as the conflict between idealism and reality, the fragility of human connections, and the sacrifices made for love and truth has cemented its place as a masterpiece of world literature. Dostoevsky's richly drawn characters, from the tormented Rogozhin to the enigmatic Nastasya Filippovna, continue to captivate readers with their complexity and emotional resonance. The novel's enduring relevance lies in its ability to probe the intricacies of human nature and the ethical questions that arise from societal pressures and personal choices. By examining the tension between innocence and corruption, The Idiot invites readers to reflect on the value of empathy and the consequences of adhering to one's principles in a flawed and often unforgiving world.
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
A new edition of Henry David Thoreau's 1854 classic work, Walden, a reflection on the simplicity and beauty of a life in nature. Walden recounts Thoreau's experiences over a two year, two month, and two day period in which he lived by himself in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, located in an isolated stretch of woodland outside Concord, Massachusetts. In Walden, Thoreau marries the physical with the transcendent -- intermixing precise scientific observations of the flora and fauna he encounters and changes in the pond itself with poetic and metaphorical musings on nature. A middling success in Thoreau's own life, Walden has proven to be an enduring classic and one of the most celebrated works of 19th century nonfiction literature.<br/><br/>"In one book ... [Thoreau] surpasses everything we have had in America." -- Robert Frost<br/><br/>Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, philosopher, and leading figure in the transcendentalist movement.Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience."
Monique s'évade
Edouard Louis • 2024
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens • 2018
En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule
Édouard Louis • 2014
Familien Hassan
Faderhuset - Seksten Der Ikke Ville Dø
Anne Lea Landsted & Camilla Johnson
History of Violence
Édouard Louis • 2018
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh • 2019
<b><b>Named a Best Book of the Year by <i>The Washington Post, Time, </i>NPR, <i>Vice, Bustle</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>,<i> Entertainment Weekly</i>, The AV Club, & Audible</b><br><br>A <i>New York Times </i>Bestseller • <b><i>New York Times </i>Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century</b> <br><br>“One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound.” — <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <br><br>“Darkly hilarious . . . [Moshfegh’s] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood.” <b>—<i>Vogue</i></b><br><br></b>From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes.<br><br>Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong?<br><br><i>My Year of Rest and Relaxation</i> is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.
Reading
Svært barn har mange navne
Camilla Johnson • 2015
Ondskab - Ruth Stjal Mit Liv
Sophia Evensen
Chocolates for breakfast
Pamela Moore • 1956
Finished
A Woman''s Battles and Transformations
Édouard Louis • 2022
Change
Édouard Louis • 2024
Who Killed My Father
Edouard Louis • 2019
