{"product_id":"9780141192802","title":"Crime and Punishment","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor, Ready, Oliver \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/02\/2014,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 752 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141192802,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A truly great translation . . . This English version really is better' - A. N. Wilson, The SpectatorTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella Poor Folk. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of The House of the Dead. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, The Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century (2008), and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the Times Literary Supplement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40858279870508,"sku":"9780141192802","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780141192802_a5a99504-6796-4298-ba24-55e828f8c51c.jpg?v=1759673603","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780141192802","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}