The Gambler/Bobok/A Nasty Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
This Penguin Classics volume brings together three of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's most compelling shorter works — The Gambler, Bobok, and A Nasty Story — offering a concentrated showcase of his psychological genius. The Gambler chronicles the feverish obsession of a young tutor caught in the grip of roulette addiction, drawing on Dostoyevsky's own harrowing experiences at the gaming tables of Europe. Bobok presents a darkly satirical and grotesque vision of the afterlife, in which the recently dead continue their petty, shameless conversations beneath the earth. A Nasty Story delivers a wickedly ironic tale of a pompous official whose well-meaning gesture collapses into humiliating farce. Together, these three works illustrate Dostoyevsky's unrivalled ability to expose human vanity, compulsion, and self-delusion with both savage wit and profound compassion.
Author: Dostoyevsky
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
This Penguin Classics volume brings together three of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's most compelling shorter works — The Gambler, Bobok, and A Nasty Story — offering a concentrated showcase of his psychological genius. The Gambler chronicles the feverish obsession of a young tutor caught in the grip of roulette addiction, drawing on Dostoyevsky's own harrowing experiences at the gaming tables of Europe. Bobok presents a darkly satirical and grotesque vision of the afterlife, in which the recently dead continue their petty, shameless conversations beneath the earth. A Nasty Story delivers a wickedly ironic tale of a pompous official whose well-meaning gesture collapses into humiliating farce. Together, these three works illustrate Dostoyevsky's unrivalled ability to expose human vanity, compulsion, and self-delusion with both savage wit and profound compassion.