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"It may seem paradoxical to speak of such insights as liberating, or to find in the Underground Man's impassioned rejection of rational humanitarianism a call to arms. Yet each age we live through as individuals demands a certain kind of book- just as each era thieves the... Read Full Overview

Darkly fascinating short novel depicts the struggles of a doubting, supremely alienated protagonist in a world of relative values. Embraces moral, religious, political, and social themes. Authoritative Constance Garnett translation. New introduction.

Notes from Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Notes is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground... Read Full Overview

Memorias del subsuelo -tambi?n traducida como Apuntes del subsuelo o Notas del subsuelo- puede considerarse como el pre?mbulo al ?viejo Dostoyevski? y sus ?novelas de ideas? de mayor prestigio universal (Crimen y castigo, Los demonios, El idiota y Los hermanos Karam?zov).La obra... Read Full Overview

Notes from Underground is widely considered the forerunner of modernist literature and one of Dostoevsky's greatest literary achievements. The novel recounts the thoughts and encounters of a civil servant known only as The Underground Man who has quit his job and lives in a basement... Read Full Overview

Memorias del subsuelo, es una novela del autor ruso Fi dor Mij ilovich Dostoyevski. Fue publicada en 1864 y es considerada una de las obras clave en la literatura rusa. Fue escrita en un momento en el que el autor padec a grandes trastornos emocionales producto del fallecimiento... Read Full Overview