Notes from Underground

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

ISBN 10: 1629101761 / ISBN 13: 9781629101767

Published by Peach Tree Press, 2017

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1629101761I4N00

Synopsis:

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form, or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done?. The second part of the book is called  Ąpropos of the Wet Snow , and describes certain events that, it seems, are destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, unreliable narrator.

About the Author: Russian author Doestoyevsky is renowned for his vital style of writing and timeless characters. An originator of Existentialism, he ingeniously depicted the social, political and economical conditions of Russia through the psychology of his characters.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Notes from Underground
Publisher: Peach Tree Press
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket