The Gambler
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (author), Donna Tussing Orwin (author of introduction), Constance Garnett (translator)
Paperback Published on: 24/03/2008; Language: English, English (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £7.99
Synopsis
Perhaps better than any other work of fiction, Dostoevsky’s novel The Gambler captures and analyzes gaming’s fatal attraction. We follow Aleksey Ivanovich’s ups and downs in the make-believe German city of Roulettenburg, where nationalities mix in a frenzied competition for money and status. Written in twenty-six days to beat an unscrupulous publisher’s deadline, The Gambler is based on the author’s own struggles with gambling addiction. It will leave readers amused and baffled at Aleksey’s contradictory and self-destructive energy.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Union Square & Co.
- ISBN: 9780760793572
- Number of pages: 176
- Dimensions: 210 x 140 mm
- Languages: English, English (Original language of a translated text)