{"product_id":"notes-from-the-house-of-the-dead-9780802866479","title":"Notes from the House of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaster translation of a neglected Russian classic into English\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Long before Solzhenitsyn's \u003cem\u003eGulag Archipelago\u003c\/em\u003e came Dostoevsky's \u003cem\u003eNotes from the House of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling account of the horrific conditions in Siberian labor camps. First published in 1861, this novel, based on Dostoevsky's own experience as a political prisoner, is a forerunner of his famous novels \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e The characters and situations that Dostoevsky encountered in prison were so violent and extraordinary that they changed his psyche profoundly. Through that experience, he later said, he was resurrected into a new spiritual condition -- one in which he would create some of the greatest novels ever written.\u003cbr\u003e Including an illuminating introduction by James Scanlan on Dostoevsky's prison years, this totally new translation by Boris Jakim captures Dostoevsky's semi-autobiographical narrative -- at times coarse, at times intensely emotional, at times philosophical -- in rich American English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDostoevsky, Fyodor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a prominentRussiannovelist and writer and is widely considered one of themost outstanding and influential writers of modernliterature.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJakim, Boris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Boris Jakim is the foremost translator of Russian religiousthought into English. His published translations includeworks by S.L. Frank, Pavel Florensky, Vladimir Solovyov, and Sergius Bulgakov.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328398561554,"sku":"9780802866479","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b0373aa-94a2-49a5-b0c9-ff33c6075ace.jpg?v=1727738458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/notes-from-the-house-of-the-dead-9780802866479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}