Summary
Kjetsaa tells the dramatic story of how
Dostoyevsky, the son of an irascible minor aristocrat, rose rapidly
to fame as a writer and just as rapidly lost everything--almost
including his life--for his liberal political views. Kjetsaa
vividly recreates Dostoyevsky's last-minute rescue from a firing
squad and explores how his long imprisonment in Siberia profoundly
shaped his vision as a novelist. - Publisher.
