Notes from the Underground
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4.2 • 32 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Published in 1864, Notes from Underground is considered the author's first masterpiece - the book in which he "became" Dostoevsky - and is seen as the source of all his later works. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, whose acclaimed translations of The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment have become the standard versions in English, now give us a superb new rendering of this early classic.
Customer Reviews
An intense read
Dostoyevsky was a literary master and this is a clever book but it’s not an easy read. The ‘thoughts’ of the narrator jump around in a blink and if you’re not paying close attention, it can be confusing. The content is intense and at times it feels more like a study in human behaviour than a work of fiction as the narrator torments himself and those around him. I read this text in small chunks in between other books to break up the intensity and to take some time to ponder.
Whoa Nelly
It’s like cracking a little kernel deep inside the reader’s soul - out of which shines darkness.