by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Eliasberg · Anaconda Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783866475014
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«Die Sanfte» is the fantastical short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published by Anaconda Verlag in hardcover (78 pages, in German).
In «Die Sanfte», a widowed pawnbroker keeps vigil over the body of his wife, who has taken her own life by throwing herself from the window. The story, described by Dostoevsky as both fantastical and realistic, unfolds as an interior monologue: the man recalls his marriage, his pride and his silences, until it culminates in guilt and belated love.
German translation by Alexander Eliasberg, part of the Große Klassiker zum kleinen Preis collection. The story originally appeared in Dostoevsky's A Writer's Diary in 1876.
A short, intense tale, recommended for readers of Russian classics and for those wanting to start with Dostoevsky thanks to its brief length.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short-story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His Notes from Underground, a novella published in 1864, is considered one of the first works of existentialist literature.
