Notes from Underground |
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Author:
| Dostoevsky, Fyodor |
Series title: | Popular Penguins Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-119486-8 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter irony, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'.
Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter irony, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'.