Under Western Eyes
by:
Joseph Conrad (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781434495181 (1434495183)
Publish date: November 5th 2007
Publisher: Wildside Press
Pages no: 396
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Politics,
Russia,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Crime
Conrad channels Dostoevsky. Apparently Conrad did not care for Dostoevsky, but you wouldn't know it from this book. It is very reminiscent of Dostoevsky, in particular of Crime and Punishment. It's an interesting book. You can see what Conrad is trying to do, but it does not all come together an...
Intrigueing book. Told by a narrator who is involved in the periphery of the action. he's an English language teacher, and is the western eyes of the title. he sees it as his duty to pass on what happened and present the Russians at the core of the story in a manner understandable to the western min...
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