Description: The acclaimed author of Waiting for the Barbarians and Life & Times of Michael K enters the world and mind of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany back to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this book is at once a compelling mystery and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination.
Review Quotes: "A provocative and ironic exploration of the relation of art and life" --Los Angeles Times
"A dark and beautifully imagined novel. Coetzee draws a brilliant portrait of an era of desperation, obsession, and hope." --Elle
"A fascinating study of the dark mysteries of creativity, grief, relationships between fathers and sons, and of the great Russian themes of love and death." --The Wall Street Journal
"South Africa's most brilliant novelist...challenges us to doubt our preconceived notions not only of love but of truth itself." --The Seattle Times