An edition of Бѣсы (1871)

I demoni

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An edition of Бѣсы (1871)

I demoni

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"Ma chi sono questi uomini, chi sono i 'demoni'? I demoni sono anzitutto 'uomini d'idea', come li definisce Bachtìn, cioè uomini posseduti, tormentati, divorati da un'idea, cioè da una concezione onnicomprensiva, onniesplicativa e onnirisolutiva della realtà, uomini che si credono in possesso della 'Verità', ma ognuno dei quali si è costruito una sua Verità' in una forma aberrante, distruttiva, catastrofica. In questi uomini - secondo Dostoevskij - si ritrova una caratteristica specifica ed esclusiva dello spirito russo: il russo è divorato da un'inesausta sete di verità ed è in grado di dedicarsi appassionatamente, fanaticamente al perseguimento dell'ideale da lui concepito, fino ad arrivare a ogni eccesso e a ogni estremo, compreso il sacrificio totale di sé." (Gianlorenzo Pacini)
--back cover

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Feltrinelli
Language
Italian

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Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed
2014 April 26, LibriVox
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Cover of: Los demonios
Los demonios
2011, Alianza Editorial
Paperback in Spanish - 3 edición
Cover of: I demoni
I demoni
2009 October, Feltrinelli
Paperback in Italian
Cover of: Demons
Demons: A Novel In Three Parts
2008, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - 1st printing
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed: or, The Devils
2005 May, Project Gutenberg
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Cover of: Les possédés
Les possédés
2005-10-08, Project Gutenberg
in French
Cover of: Devils
Devils
2005, Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed
2005 May, Createspace
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed: The Devils
2004 June 30, Kessinger Publishing
Paperback in English
Cover of: Běsi
Běsi
2000, Academia
Hardcover in Czech
Cover of: 附魔者
附魔者
1979, Yuan jing chu ban shi ye gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: Die Dämonen
Die Dämonen
1921, Piper
in German

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Edition Notes

Published in
Milan, Italy
Series
Universale Economica I Classici
Translation Of
Бесы

Contributors

Translator
Gianlorenzo Pacini

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Format
Paperback

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OL26443643M
ISBN 10
8807902478
ISBN 13
9788807902475
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8807902478
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First Sentence

"BEFORE DESCRIBING THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS WHICH took place so recently in our town, hitherto not remarkable for anything in particular, I find it necessary, since I am not a skilled writer, to go back a little and begin with certain biographical details concerning our talented and greatly esteemed Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky."

Work Description

Also known as Demons or The Devils, this is Dostoyevsky’s most political novel. Though critical of the left-wing revolutionaries, split as they often were into disparate factions and cells the author also tacitly rebukes the conservative elite for failing to come to terms with the high levels of disaffection in the country, a stance that would ultimately lead to their downfall.

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