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Learn moreBuilding on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brings their lives and ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion.
After narrowly avoiding a firing squad when he was just twenty-eight years old, Dostoevsky never took things lightly. His great novels burst upon the European literary scene like a succession of thunderbolts. His understanding of the darker and more extreme recesses of the human mind cast a forceful light into these areas of experience. The raw psychology and passionate involvement of his books galvanized writers and thinkers as disparate as Nietzsche and Kafka.
In Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Dostoevsky's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also includes selections from Dostoevsky's writings and recommended reading for those who wish to delve deeper.
Paul StrathernĀ earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. The author of many nonfiction books and of articles for numerous publications, he has also written severalĀ novels and has won the Somerset Maugham Prize. He lives and writes in London.
Simon Vance is the critically acclaimed narrator of approximately 400 audiobooks, winner of 27 AudioFile Earphones Awards, and a 12-time Audie Award-winner. He won an Audie in 2006 in the category of Science Fiction and was named the 2011 Best Voice in Biography and History and in 2010 Best Voice in Fiction by AudioFile magazine.Ā
Ā Vance has been a narrator for the past 25 years, and also worked for many years as a BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London.Ā Some of his best-selling and most praised audiobook performances include Stieg Larssonās The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hilary Mantelās Bring Up the Bodies (an Audie award-winner), Ian Flemingās Casino Royale, Oscar Wildeās The Picture of Dorian Gray, Patrick OāBrianās Master and Commander series (all 21 titles), the new productions of Frank Herbertās original Dune series, and Rob Giffordās China Road (an AudioFile 2007 Book of the Year). Vance lives near San Francisco with his wife and two sons.
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