{"product_id":"a-writers-diary-9780810125216","title":"A Writer's Diary","description":"The essential entries from Dostoevsky's complete \u003ci\u003eDiary\u003c\/i\u003e, called his boldest experiment in literary form, are now available in this abridged edition; it is a uniquely encyclopedic forum of fictional and nonfictional genres. \u003ci\u003eA Writer's Diary\u003c\/i\u003e began as a column in a literary journal, but by 1876 Dostoevsky was able to bring it out as a complete monthly publication with himself as an editor, publisher, and sole contributor, suspending work on \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e to do so. The \u003ci\u003eDiary\u003c\/i\u003e's radical format was matched by the extreme range of its contents. In a single frame it incorporated an astonishing variety of material: short stories; humorous sketches; reports on sensational crimes; historical predictions; portraits of famous people; autobiographical pieces; and plans for stories, some of which were never written while others appeared later in the \u003ci\u003eDiary\u003c\/i\u003e itself. A range of authorial and narrative voices and stances and an elaborate scheme of allusions and cross-references preserve and present Dostoevsky's conception of his work as a literary whole. Selected from the two-volume set, this abridged edition of \u003ci\u003eA Writer's Diary\u003c\/i\u003e appears in a single paperback volume, along with a new condensed introduction by editor Gary Saul Morson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10348381\"\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.72w x 1.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810125216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810125218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004240\"\u003eRussian \u0026amp; Soviet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004110\"\u003eEuropean | Eastern (see also Russian \u0026amp; Soviet)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFYODOR DOSTOEVSKY\u003c\/b\u003e (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist and writer. His major works include \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Notes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e. His contribution to world literature, philosophy, and social thought is immeasurable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKENNETH LANTZ\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Russian at the University of Toronto. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGARY SAUL MORSON \u003c\/b\u003eis the Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University.","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44543109005549,"sku":"9780810125216","price":66.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_59e29192-b727-4a98-8b5b-ea88d3df262e.jpg?v=1701537603","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-writers-diary-9780810125216","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}