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"Iamasickman...Iamaspitefulman,"theirasciblevoiceofanamelessnarratorcriesout.Andso,fromunderground,emergethepassionateconfessionsofasufferingman;thebrutalself-examinationofatormentedsoul;thebristlingscornandiconoclasmofalienatedindividualwhohasbecomeoneofthegreatestantiheroesinallliterature.NotesFromUnderground,publishedin1864,marksatumingpointinDostoevsky'swriting:itannouncesthemoralpolitical,andsocialideashewilltreatonamonumentalscaleinCrimeAndPunishment,TheIdiot,andTheBrothersKaramazov.Anditremainstothisdayoneofthemostsearinglyhonestanduniversaltestamentstohumandespaireverpenned."Thepoliticalcataclysmsandculturalrevolutionsofourcentury…confirmthestatusofNotesfromUndergroundasoneofthemostsheerlyastonishingandsubversivecreationsofEuropeanfiction."
作者简介
Hislifewasasdarkanddramaticasthegreatnovelshewrote.HewasborninMoscowin1821,thesonofaformerarmysurgeonwhosedrunkenbrutalityledhisownserfstomurderhimbypouringvodkadownhisthroatuntilhestrangled.Ashortfirstnovel,PoorFolk(1846),broughthiminstantsuccess,buthiswritingcareerwascutshortbyhisarrestforallegedsubversionagainsttheTsarin1849.Inprisonhewasgiventhe"silenttreatment"foreightmonths,beforehewasledinfrontofafiringsquad.Dressedinadeathshroud,hefacedanopengraveandawaitedexecutionwhenanorderarrivedcommutinghissentence.HethenspentfouryearsathardlaborinaSiberianprison,wherehebegantosufferfromepilepsy,andheonlyreturnedtoSt.Petersburgafulltenyearsafterheleftinchains.Hisprisonexperiencescoupledwithhisconversiontoaconservativeandprofoundlyreligiousphilosophyformesthebasisforhisgreatnovels.ButitwashisfortuitousmarriagetoAnnaSnitkina,followingaperiodofutterdestitutionbroughtaboutbyhiscompulsivegambling,thatgaveDostoyevskytheemotionalstabilitytocompleteCrimeandPunishment,TheIdiot,ThePossessed,andTheBrothersKaramazov.Whenhediedin1881,heleftalegacyofmasterworksthatinfluencedthegreatthinkersandwritersoftheWesternworld.