{"product_id":"crime-punishment-1","title":"Crime \u0026 Punishment: A New Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly great translation . . . This English version really is better' - A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/i\u003e BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella \u003ci\u003ePoor Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Oliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43581584146629,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Penguin_20Classics_20Crime_20and_20Punishment.jpg?v=1716557650","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/crime-punishment-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}