{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-9780393870862","title":"Notes from Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbout Dostoevsky's \u003cem\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The novels of Dostoevsky are seething whirlpools, gyrating sandstorms, waterspouts that hiss and boil and suck us in. They are composed purely and wholly of the stuff of the soul. Against our wills we are drawn in, whirled round, blinded, suffocated, and at the same time filled with a giddy rapture. . . . Men are at the same time villains and saints; their acts are at once beautiful and despicable. . . . It is all the same to him whether you are noble or simple, a tramp or a great lady. Whoever you are, you are the vessel of this perplexed liquid, this cloudy, yeasty, precious stuff, the soul.\" --Virginia Woolf\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 - \u003cstrong\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other novels.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatz, Michael R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael R. Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e is C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. He has published translations of more than fifteen Russian novels, including \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Cornwall, Vermont.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634994254098,"sku":"9780393870862","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b10d311-9403-43e8-b252-19f5d320f328.jpg?v=1748520076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/notes-from-underground-9780393870862","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}