{"product_id":"petersburg-paperback-2","title":"Petersburg - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrei Bely\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid McDuff\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAdam Thirlwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrei Beley \u003c\/b\u003e(born Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) was born 26 October 1880. Beley was educated at Moscow University where he studied science and philosophy, before turning his focus to literature. In 1904 he published his first collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eGold in Azure\u003c\/i\u003e, which was followed in 1909 by his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Dove\u003c\/i\u003e. Beley's most famous novel, \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, was pubilshed in 1916. His work is considered to have heavily influenced several literary schools, most notably Symbolism, and his impact on Russian writing has been compared to that of James Joyce on the English speaking world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Thirlwell\u003c\/b\u003e (b.1978) studied English at New College, Oxford, and was subsequently elected as a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1999. In 2003 his first novel, \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Betty Trask Award, and \u003ci\u003eMiss Herbert\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2007, won the Somerset Maugham Award. Thirlwell's third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Escape\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in September 2009. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid McDuff \u003c\/b\u003ewas educated at the University of Edinburgh and has translated a number of works for Penguin Classics, including Dostoyevsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267483058425,"sku":"9780141191744","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MZlmTDTcJC9780141191744.webp?v=1768867982","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/petersburg-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}