Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life
Jan 2021 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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Literary Non-fiction Book of the Year (2021) by The Times and Sunday Times
'Beautifully crafted and realised' -- Guardian
Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of seismic change in Russia, eventually being accepted into the Tsar's inner circle. He had three great love affairs, each overshadowed by debilitating epilepsy and addiction to gambling. Somehow, amid all this, he found time to write short stories, journalism and novels such as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, works now recognised as among the finest ever written.
In Dostoevsky in Love Alex Christofi weaves excerpts of the author's work with the historical context to immerse the reader in Dostoevsky's world: from the Siberian prison camp to the gambling halls of Europe; from the dank prison cells of the Tsar's fortress to the refined salons of St Petersburg.
Reading between the lines of his fiction, Christofi reconstructs the memoir Dostoevsky might have written had life – and literary stardom – not intervened. He gives us a new portrait of the artist as never before seen: a shy but devoted lover, an empathetic friend of the people, a loyal brother and friend, and a writer able to penetrate to the very depths of the human soul.
'Beautifully crafted and realised' -- Guardian
Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of seismic change in Russia, eventually being accepted into the Tsar's inner circle. He had three great love affairs, each overshadowed by debilitating epilepsy and addiction to gambling. Somehow, amid all this, he found time to write short stories, journalism and novels such as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, works now recognised as among the finest ever written.
In Dostoevsky in Love Alex Christofi weaves excerpts of the author's work with the historical context to immerse the reader in Dostoevsky's world: from the Siberian prison camp to the gambling halls of Europe; from the dank prison cells of the Tsar's fortress to the refined salons of St Petersburg.
Reading between the lines of his fiction, Christofi reconstructs the memoir Dostoevsky might have written had life – and literary stardom – not intervened. He gives us a new portrait of the artist as never before seen: a shy but devoted lover, an empathetic friend of the people, a loyal brother and friend, and a writer able to penetrate to the very depths of the human soul.
Literary Non-fiction Book of the Year (2021) by The Times and Sunday Times
'Beautifully crafted and realised' -- Guardian
Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of...
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About the author
Alex Christofi is Editorial Director at Transworld Publishers and author of four books published in 12 languages, including the novels Glass, winner of the Betty Trask Prize for fiction, and Cypria. He has written for numerous publications including the Guardian and the Brixton Review of Books.
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alexchristofi.com / @alex_christofi
Alex Christofi is Editorial Director at Transworld Publishers and author of four books published in 12 languages, including the novels Glass, winner of the Betty Trask Prize for fiction, and Cypria. He has written for numerous publications including the Guardian and the Brixton Review of Books.
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