Master of Petersburg by Coetzee J M

Master of Petersburg by Coetzee J M

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Summary

In 1869, an exiled Russian novelist returns to St Petersburg to collect the effects of his dead stepson, Pavel. But the stepson's incriminating papers have been found by the Tsarist police and the novelist finds himself drawn into an underworld of suspicion, revolution and danger.

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Master of Petersburg by Coetzee J M

In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination. Dostoevsky is seen obsessively following his stepson's ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim and whether he loved or despised his stepfather.
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ISBN 13 9780749396329
ISBN 10 0749396326
Title Master of Petersburg
Author Coetzee J M
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1995-02-27
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.