Book description
Vividly imagining the second coming and capture of Christ during the
time of the Spanish Inquisition, this parable recounted in The
Brothers Karamazov is a profound, nuanced exploration of faith,
suffering, human nature and free will. Included here too are
Dostoyevsky's powerful and disturbing writings about his time in exile
at a Siberian prison camp.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have
transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have
inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened,
outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and
destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great
thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook
civilization and helped make us who we are.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. Between
1849 and 1854 he lived in a convict prison, and in later years his
passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. He died in 1881. He is
also the author of
Crime and Punishment
,
The Idiot
and
The Devils
.
