{"product_id":"dostoevsky-in-love-an-intimate-life-paperback","title":"Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Christofi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A daring and mesmerizing twist on the art of biography' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eDouglas Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eRasputin: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Anyone who loves [Dostoevsky's] novels will be fascinated by this book\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Prideaux, author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of seismic change in Russia, eventually being accepted into the Tsar's inner circle. He had three great love affairs, each overshadowed by debilitating epilepsy and addiction to gambling. Somehow, amidst all this, he found time to write short stories, journalism and novels such as \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, works now recognised as among the finest ever written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky in Love \u003c\/i\u003eAlex Christofi weaves carefully chosen excerpts of the author's work with the historical context to form an illuminating and often surprising whole. The result is a novelistic life that immerses the reader in a grand vista of Dostoevsky's world: from the Siberian prison camp to the gambling halls of Europe; from the dank prison cells of the Tsar's fortress to the refined salons of St Petersburg. Along the way, Christofi relates the stories of the three women whose lives were so deeply intertwined with Dostoevsky's: the consumptive widow Maria; the impetuous Polina who had visions of assassinating the Tsar; and the faithful stenographer Anna, who did so much to secure his literary legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading between the lines of his fiction, Christofi reconstructs the memoir Dostoevsky might have written had life - and literary stardom - not intervened. He gives us a new portrait of the artist as never before seen: a shy but devoted lover, an empathetic friend of the people, a loyal brother and friend, and a writer able to penetrate to the very depths of the human soul.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Christofi is Editorial Director at Transworld Publishers and author of three books published in 12 languages, including the novels \u003ci\u003eLet Us Be True\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlass\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Betty Trask Prize for fiction. He has written for numerous publications including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e White Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Brixton Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributed an essay to the anthology \u003ci\u003eWhat Doesn't Kill You: Fifteen Stories of Survival. Dostoevsky in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, his first work of non-fiction, was shortlisted for the Biographers' Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize and named as a Literary Non-fiction Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ealexchristofi.com \/ @alex_christofi\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.82 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765855715616,"sku":"9781399404860","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/555d4b6ca09a42b4c77d35657e7d0fef.webp?v=1780281797","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dostoevsky-in-love-an-intimate-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}