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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.
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His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social mockery to moments of unexpected tenderness.
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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.
