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This is an award-winning new translation of the great Russian novel.
| ISBN | 0140449175 | | Pages | 864 | | ISBN13 | 9780140449174
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 586 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Series editor | Ingham, Patricia | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Penguin Classics S. | | Publication date | 30 Jan 2003 | | Previous ISBN | 9780140447231 | | Translator | Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | Richard Pevear | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Writer of preface | John Bayley | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 891.733 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Love or the perception of being in love can generate powerful feelings. The postive side can generate feelings of generosity, security, belonging and many other positive feelings that often translate into to wonderfully kind thoughts and actions. We are told to believe being in love rewards us with ultimate happiness. However, the dark side of love can often generate very negative thoughts, feelings and actions. If we recall the lyrics of Annie Lennox and 'Love is a Stranger' they talk of love being.... savage, cruel destructive. It can be noble brittle it can destort and deranges. It's gilt edged and clever and so sleek by design. It can be hard and restrained and totally cruel It touches and it teases as you stumble in the debris... all very true! I have chosen this book (other favourites are Wuthering Heights and Love for Lydia) because to me it explores the different perceptions of 'being in love' from the idealic dream of what love should be through to the dark unremitting dark side that drives people to edge and ultimate death. - Kim Bailey Write a review
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