A Bad Business

A Bad Business Essential Stories - Essential Stories

Short stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

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

    ISBN: 9781782276739
    Publisher: Steerforth Press
    Imprint: Pushkin Press
    Pub date:
    Edition: Short stories
    DEWEY: 891.733
    DEWEY edition: 23
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 224
    Weight: 256g
    Height: 130mm
    Width: 358mm
    Spine width: 24mm