The Double and The Gambler: Introduction by Richard PevearThe first real expression of Dostoevsky's genius, The Double is a surprisingly modern hallucinatory nightmare in which a minor official named Goliadkin becomes aware of a mysterious doppelgänger–a man who has his name and his face and who gradually and relentlessly begins to displace him with his friends and colleagues. In the dilemma of this increasingly paranoid hero, Dostoevsky makes vividly concrete the inner disintegration of consciousness that would become a major theme of his work. |
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The Double and The Gambler: Introduction by Richard Pevear Fyodor Dostoevsky No preview available - 2005 |