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The Master of Petersburg is a 1994 novel by South African writer J. M. Coetzee. The novel is a work of fiction but features the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky as its protagonist. It is a deep, complex work that draws on the life of Dostoyevsky, the life of the author and the history of Russia to produce profoundly disturbing results.
- J. M. Coetzee
- 1994
Jan 1, 2001 · The Master of Petersburg. J.M. Coetzee. 3.63. 3,973 ratings357 reviews. In the fall of 1869 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, lately a resident of Germany, is summoned back to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, Pavel.
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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.
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- J.M. Coetzee
In the fall of 1869, Dostoevsky is summoned from Berlin to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson. Mad with grief, Dostoevsky obsessively unravels...
Nov 1, 1995 · The revolutionary Russian youth examined in Master of Petersburg are the embodiment of all the painful confusion Dostoyevsky faced. It's a youth disgusted with the complacency of their elders, a youth bent on destruction, a destruction which shirks even tying itself to theory.
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- J. M. Coetzee
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- Penguin Books
• Celebrated for his searing, intimate and unsparing storytelling, J. M. Coetzee has remained an eminent figure in literature for almost half a century • A wonderful opportunity for readers to...
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...
