Blackwell UK
The Gambler
Bobok; A Nasty Story
WITH Bobok, AND A Nasty Story
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Coulson, Jessie
ISBN: 9780140441796
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New impression
Presents the stories such as "The Gambler", a portrayal of an intense and futile obsession; "Bobok", a blackly comic satire in which a desolate writer becomes drawn into the conversations of the dead; and, "A Nasty Story", a humorous look at the disparity between a man's exaggerated ideal of himself and the sad reality. More
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The stories in this volume demonstrate Dostoyevsky's genius for fusing caricature, irony and the grotesque to create a powerful dark humour. "The Gambler" is a breathtaking portrayal of an intense and futile obsession. Based on Dostoyevsky's own experience of financial desperation and the compulsive desire to win money, it focuses on the characters that take their places at the gaming tables of 'Roulettenburg': the outspoken, aristocratic 'Grandmamma', the mercenary Mademoiselle Blanche, the cool, mysterious Polina and Alex, the author's self-portrait; a man gripped by exhilaration and hopelessness. "Bobok" is a blackly comic satire in which a desolate writer becomes drawn into the conversations of the dead, and "A Nasty Story" is a humorous look at the disparity between a man's exaggerated ideal of himself and the sad reality.
