by J. M. Coetzee · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497930376
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In 'The Master of Petersburg,' J.M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, immerses us in a fascinating work of fiction that recreates the figure of Fyodor Dostoevsky, the renowned 19th-century novelist. The plot unfolds as an exciting mystery story, while offering a documented psychological portrait of the character. An exiled Russian novelist returns to St. Petersburg to investigate the enigmatic circumstances surrounding the death of his stepson Pavel, finding himself immersed in the turbulent revolutionary violence of 1869. Obsessed by the memory, the protagonist enters a world of intrigues and secrets that will reveal dark aspects of his own identity and the social context of the time.
John Maxwell Coetzee AC FRSL OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.
