{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-and-the-double","title":"Notes from Underground and the Double","description":"'That sense of the meaninglessness of existence that runs through much of twentieth-century writing - from Conrad and Kafka, to Beckett and beyond - starts in Dostoyevsky's work' Malcolm Bradbury Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter irony, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' and his gradual withdrawal from society. The seemingly ordinary world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in The Double when a government clerk encounters a man who looks exactly like him - his double perhaps, or possibly the darker side of his own personality. Like Notes from Underground, this is a masterly tragi-comic study of human consciousness. Translated by Ronald Wilks with an Introduction by Robert Louis Jackson\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAuthor: Jackson, Robert Louis,introduction,Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,author,Wilks, Ronald,translator\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Jackson, Robert Louis,introduction,Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,author,Wilks, Ronald,translator\u003cbr\u003eBinding: paperback\u003cbr\u003eNumber Of Pages: 291\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: \u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English,Published,Russian,Original Language,Englis\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 1\u003cbr\u003eModel: \u003cbr\u003ePublished\/Release Date: 29 Jan 2009\u003cbr\u003eBic Classification: Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003ebicCode: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher\/Studio\/Brand: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Director\/Artist: Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003cbr\u003eDimension (cm): 21x197x132 mm\u003cbr\u003ePackage Dimension (cm): 24x194x129 mm\u003cbr\u003eItem Weight (g): 257\u003cbr\u003ePackage Weight (g): 240","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53397028864297,"sku":"BK0140455124","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/5868\/0105\/files\/9780140455120.jpg?v=1786432462","url":"https:\/\/www.centloop.com\/en-au\/products\/notes-from-underground-and-the-double","provider":"Centloop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}