{"product_id":"dostoevsky-in-love-book-alex-christofi-9781472964694","title":"Dostoevsky in Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Non-fiction Book of the Year (2021) by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully crafted and realised' -- \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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, amid 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\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, works now recognised as among the finest ever written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky in Love\u003c\/i\u003e Alex Christofi weaves excerpts of the author’s work with the historical context to immerse the reader in 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.          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49551961948433,"sku":"GOR011238406","price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738956734737,"sku":"NGR9781472964694","price":43.29,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51381532983569,"sku":"GOR012327404","price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52964204151057,"sku":"CIN1472964691G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53573180588305,"sku":"GOR012398024","price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1472964691.jpg?v=1750826761","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/dostoevsky-in-love-book-alex-christofi-9781472964694","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}