An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s masterful novel.
Starving, destitute student Raskolnikov is surrounded by the harsh injustices of the world: the grime of poverty and prostitution, unscrupulous pawnbrokers chasing debts, and a sister about to marry someone she doesn’t love to keep her family alive. His guilt is unbearable. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer any chance of redemption.
As Raskolnikov enters a dangerous cat and mouse game with the examining magistrate, a psychological thriller unfolds that probes how far humanity might go when driven by disillusionment and whether any crime can be justified by a higher purpose.
'Both a classic come to life and an urgent new work which develops its own style and language rather than slavishly imitating the text and it’s all the better for it.' – Independent
'Powerful… To find a theatrical structure, adaptor Chris Hannan roams freely through the novel. He turns interior monologue into direct address, thins out subplots and reconfigures the sequence of events to fashion a fluid route through the story.' – Guardian
'Magnificent… a fluent, beautiful, profoundly theatrical account of one of the great stories of world literature' – Scotsman
Starving, destitute student Raskolnikov is surrounded by the harsh injustices of the world: the grime of poverty and prostitution, unscrupulous pawnbrokers chasing debts, and a sister about to marry someone she doesn’t love to keep her family alive. His guilt is unbearable. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer any chance of redemption.
As Raskolnikov enters a dangerous cat and mouse game with the examining magistrate, a psychological thriller unfolds that probes how far humanity might go when driven by disillusionment and whether any crime can be justified by a higher purpose.
'Both a classic come to life and an urgent new work which develops its own style and language rather than slavishly imitating the text and it’s all the better for it.' – Independent
'Powerful… To find a theatrical structure, adaptor Chris Hannan roams freely through the novel. He turns interior monologue into direct address, thins out subplots and reconfigures the sequence of events to fashion a fluid route through the story.' – Guardian
'Magnificent… a fluent, beautiful, profoundly theatrical account of one of the great stories of world literature' – Scotsman
€13.99
语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 112 ● ISBN 9781780017372 ● 文件大小 0.2 MB ● 出版者 Nick Hern Books ● 市 London ● 国家 GB ● 发布时间 2016 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5760350 ● 复制保护 社会DRM
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