内容简介
In1880Dostoevskycompleted"TheBrothersKaramazov,"theliteraryeffortforwhichhehadbeenpreparingallhislife.Compelling,profound,complex,itisthestoryofapatricideandofthefoursonswhoeachhadamotiveformurder:Dmitry,thesensualist,Ivan,theintellectual;Alyosha,themystic;andtwisted,cunningSmerdyakov,thebastardchild.Frequentlylurid,nightmarish,alwaysbrilliant,thenovelplungesthereaderintoasordidlovetriangle,apathologicalobsession,andagrippingcourtroomdrama.Butthroughoutthewhole,Dostoevskysearhesforthetruth--aboutman,aboutlife,abouttheexistenceofGod.Aterrifyinganswertoman'seternalquestions,thismonumentalworkremainsthecrowningachievementofperhapsthefinestnovelistofalltime.
作者简介
FyodorM.Dostoevsky(November11[O.S.October30]1821–February9[O.S.January28]1881)isconsideredoneofthegreatestRussianwriters,whoseworkshavehadaprofoundandlastingeffectontwentieth-centuryfiction.Hisworksoftenfeaturecharacterslivinginpoorconditionswithdisparateandextremestatesofmind,andexhibitbothanuncannygraspofhumanpsychologyaswellaspenetratinganalysesofthepolitical,socialandspiritualstatesofRussiaofhistime.Manyofhisbest-knownworksarepropheticprecursorstomodern-daythoughts.Heissometimesconsideredtobeafounderofexistentialism,mostfrequentlyforNotesfromUnderground,whichhasbeendescribedbyWalterKaufmannas"thebestovertureforexistentialismeverwritten."