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Notes from the Underground
Contributor(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich (Author)
ISBN: 1616402423     ISBN-13: 9781616402426
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
OUR PRICE:   $7.59  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.29 lbs) 98 pages
 
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A philosophical debate about human nature and life in a technological civilization in the form of the diary of a fictional civil servant, this 1864 novel is considered the foundational work of existentialist literature. Punishing himself through his refusal to seek medical treatment for his pain, the embittered, nameless narrator engages in what appears to be an attempt to prove to himself that human happiness can never be possible because people are too stubbornly individualistic not to assert themselves, even in wicked ways. One of the must-reads from Russian novelist FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY (1821-1881), this trailblazing work of modern literature offers a vital basis for understanding much of contemporary philosophy and pop culture, from Jean-Paul Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche to Taxi Driver and American Psycho, all of which have taken inspiration from this extraordinary work.