'An outstanding achievement' John Bayley

'Volokhonsky's and Pevear's translation brings to the surface all of Dostoevsky's subtle linguistic and nationalist humour, and the copious notes are indispensable for making one's way through the thicket of 19th-century Russian politics' Kirkus Reviews 'An outstanding achievement' John Bayley 'As close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English' Chicago Tribune Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the mind of the terrorist Sunday Times Marvellous...fluid and well-paced translation Observer Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the mind of the terrorist Sunday Times

Born in Moscow in 1821, Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky is regarded as one of the greatest writers who ever lived. Literary modernism and various schools of psychology and theology have been deeply changed by his ideas. He died in 1881 in St Petersburg, Russia. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation for their version of The Brothers Karamazov. They are married and live in France.