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A Bad Business

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Pub Date Mar 29 2022 | Archive Date Feb 07 2022

Pushkin Press | Pushkin Collection

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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A stunning new edition featuring fresh translations of six of this classic Russian writer's most thrilling short stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition.

This vivid collection of new translations by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater illuminates Dostoevsky's dazzling versatility as a writer.
 
His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social mockery to moments of unexpected tenderness.
 
The stories in this collection range from impossible fantasy to scorching satire.
  • A civil servant finds a new passion for his work when he's swallowed alive by a crocodile.
  • A struggling writer stumbles on a cemetery where the dead still talk to each other.
  • An arrogant but well-intentioned gentleman provokes an uproar at an aide's wedding, and in the marital bed.
  • A young boy finds unexpected salvation on a cold and desolate Christmas Eve.
    • A stunning new edition featuring fresh translations of six of this classic Russian writer's most thrilling short stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition.

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    Advance Praise

    "A sprightly new translation... reminds us how extremely funny [Dostoevsky] could be". --Times Literary Supplement

    "A sprightly new translation... reminds us how extremely funny [Dostoevsky] could be". --Times Literary Supplement

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    ISBN 9781782276739
    PRICE $18.00 (USD)
    PAGES 224

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