{"product_id":"demons-isbn-9780375411229","title":"Demons","description":"\u003cb\u003ePresented here in stunning hardcover, \u003ci\u003eDemons \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e as a “novel-pamphlet” in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia—a novel that is rivaled only by \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e as Dostoevsky’s greatest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, which is also known as \u003ci\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by Joseph Frank. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.“[An] admirable new translation of . . . Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The merit in this edition of \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators. . . . They capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e is the Dostoevsky novel for our age. . . . [Pevear and Volokhonsky] have managed to capture and differentiate the characters’ many voices. . . . They come into their own when faced with Dostoevsky’s wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns. . . . A capital job of restoration.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFYODOR MIKAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY'\u003ci\u003es\u003c\/i\u003e life was as dark and dramatic as the great novels he wrote. He was born in Moscow in 1821. A short first novel, \u003ci\u003ePoor Folk \u003c\/i\u003e(1846) brought him instant success, but his writing career was cut short by his arrest for alleged subversion against Tsar Nicholas I in 1849. His prison experiences coupled with his conversion to a profoundly religious philosophy formed the basis for his great novels. But it was his fortuitous marriage to Anna Snitkina, following a period of utter destitution brought about by his compulsive gambling, that gave Dostoevsky the emotional stability to complete \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment \u003c\/i\u003e(1866), \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e (1868–69),\u003ci\u003e Demons \u003c\/i\u003e(1871–72), and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov \u003c\/i\u003e(1879–80). When Dostoevsky died in 1881, he left a legacy of masterworks that influenced the great thinkers and writers of the Western world and immortalized him as a giant among writers of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD PEVEAR has published translations of Alain, Yves Bonnefoy, Albert Savinio, and Pavel Florensky, as well as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLARISSA VOLOKHONSKY was born in Leningrad. She has translated the work of the prominent Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePevear and Volokhonsky were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for their version of \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov. \u003c\/i\u003eThey are married and live in France.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299922596069,"sku":"NP9780375411229","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375411229.jpg?v=1767724989","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/demons-isbn-9780375411229","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}