{"product_id":"memoirs-from-the-house-of-the-dead-oxford-ed","title":"Memoirs from the House of the Dead (Dostoevsky - Oxford ed.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780199540518\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection: \u003c\/b\u003eFiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. Terror and resignation -- the rampages of a psychopath, the brief serene interlude of Christmas Day -- are evoked by Dostoevsky, writing several years after his release, with a strikingly uncharacteristic detachment. For this reason, \u003cem\u003eHouse of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is certainly the least Dostoevskian of his works, yet, paradoxically, it ranks among his great masterpieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiction","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47626340925664,"sku":"Books:9780199540518n","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/811ml6rmcXL._SY466.jpg?v=1754074022","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/memoirs-from-the-house-of-the-dead-oxford-ed","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}