{"product_id":"the-adolescent-paperback-1","title":"The Adolescent - 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\u003eFyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky's novel \u003cb\u003eThe Adolescent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(first published in English as \u003cb\u003eA Raw Youth\u003c\/b\u003e) is Arkady Dolgoruky, a na-ve 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his father's wrongdoing and the desire to win his love. He travels to St. Petersburg to confront the father he barely knows, inspired by an inchoate dream of communion and armed with a mysterious document that he believes gives him power over others. This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of pathos and high comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky's novel The Adolescent\" (first published in English as A Raw Youth) is Arkady Dolgoruky, a na-ve 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his father's wrongdoing and the desire to win his love. He travels to St. Petersburg to confront the father he barely knows, inspired by an inchoate dream of communion and armed with a mysterious document that he believes gives him power over others. This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of pathos and high comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Translators: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Pevear has published translations of Alain, Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Savinio, Pavel Florensky, and Henri Volohonsky, as well as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships or grants for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the French Ministry of Culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky was born in Leningrad. She has translated works by the prominent Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff into Russian. Together, Pevear and Volokhonsky have translated \u003ci\u003eDead Souls and The Collected Tales\u003c\/i\u003e by Nikolai Gogol, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Short Novels of Anton Chekhov\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Adolescent\u003c\/i\u003e by Fyodor Dostoevsky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for their version of \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, and more recently \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e was one of three nominees for the same prize. They are married and live in France.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.98 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227905835257,"sku":"9780375719004","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SU5GN20zQ29xTUhhRmtjbmVmYS82UT09_27719fc6-a8e1-41a1-bd57-5e7051074120.webp?v=1768285745","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-adolescent-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}