The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee

The Master of Petersburg by J.M. CoetzeeWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2003In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre revolutionary Russia and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination. Dostoevsky is seen obsessively

but the drama and tension of her inner life – spiralling further and further into her memories and anxieties – keep the reader engrossed to the very end

and about the curious equations that can create a family

Michel Faber's cult classic Under the Skin

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and the processed information reflects an imperfect world

the psyche

Universally and repeatedly praised ever since it first appeared in 1983

published in Japan

Finding an outside enemy against which everyone could unite was his best option

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they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong

courage and loss