Master of Petersburg

Informationen zum Autor J.M. Coetzee ’s work includes Waiting for the Barbarians , Life & Times of Michael K , Boyhood , Youth , Disgrace , Summertime , The Childhood of Jesus and, most recently, The Schooldays of Jesus . He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. Klappentext WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2003 In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. 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. Dostoevsky is seen obsessively following his stepson's ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim and whether he loved or despised his stepfather. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: J. M. Coetzee
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2004
• EAN: 9780099470373
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947037-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Südafrikanische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), FICTION / Family Life / General, Germany, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Saint Petersburg, Modern and contemporary fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Biographical fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), c 1860 to c 1869, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / Southern Africa