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A Bad Business

Essential Stories

Essential Stories

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Nicolas Pasternak and Maya Slater

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Nicolas Pasternak and Maya Slater

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Nicolas Pasternak and Maya Slater

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Nicolas Pasternak and Maya Slater

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Mar 29, 2022 | ISBN 9781782276739

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Mar 29, 2022 | ISBN 9781782276746

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    About A Bad Business

    A stunning new edition featuring fresh translations of six of this classic Russian writer’s most thrilling short stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition.

    This vivid collection of new translations by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater illuminates Dostoevsky’s dazzling versatility as a writer.
     
    His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social mockery to moments of unexpected tenderness.
     
    The stories in this collection range from impossible fantasy to scorching satire.

  • A civil servant finds a new passion for his work when he’s swallowed alive by a crocodile.
  • A struggling writer stumbles on a cemetery where the dead still talk to each other.
  • An arrogant but well-intentioned gentleman provokes an uproar at an aide’s wedding, and in the marital bed.
  • A young boy finds unexpected salvation on a cold and desolate Christmas Eve.

    • About A Bad Business

    A stunning new edition featuring fresh translations of six of this classic Russian writer’s most thrilling short stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition.

    This vivid collection of new translations by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater illuminates Dostoevsky’s dazzling versatility as a writer.
     
    His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social mockery to moments of unexpected tenderness.
     
    The stories in this collection range from impossible fantasy to scorching satire.

  • A civil servant finds a new passion for his work when he’s swallowed alive by a crocodile.
  • A struggling writer stumbles on a cemetery where the dead still talk to each other.
  • An arrogant but well-intentioned gentleman provokes an uproar at an aide’s wedding, and in the marital bed.
  • A young boy finds unexpected salvation on a cold and desolate Christmas Eve.

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    Product Details

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Pushkin Collection
    Mar 29, 2022 | 224 Pages | 4-11/16 x 6-1/2 | ISBN 9781782276739

    Category: Short Stories | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Pushkin Collection
    Mar 29, 2022 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781782276746

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    Praise

    “A sprightly new translation… reminds us how extremely funny [Dostoevsky] could be”. —Times Literary Supplement

    Table Of Contents

    A Bad Business
    Conversations in a Graveyard (Bobok)
    A Meek Creature
    The Crocodile
    The Heavenly Christmas Tree
    The Peasant Marey

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