The Master of Petersburg

Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination.

Actiunea se petrece in 1869, cand Dostoievski a fost chemat din Germania la Sankt Petersburg din cauza mortii subite a fiului sau vitreg, acest roman este in acelasi timp un mister captivant impregnat in atmosfera Rusiei prerevolutionare si o meditatie stralucita si curajoasa asupra autoritatii si rebeliunii, artei si imaginatiei.