Reseña del editor:
The Gambler is a riveting portrait of a desperate young man in the grip of gambling addiction, a compulsion that author Dostoyevsky knew about intimately. In this succinct but powerful novel, the Russian master examines the irresistible impulses in human nature that take us to the dark side. The heroine of the story, Polina, is based on Polina Suslova, Dostoyevsky’s lover in 1862-63.
Biografía del autor:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881). Russian novelist. Of the most outstanding and influential writers of modern literature. Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow, the son of a doctor and the second of eight children. His works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.
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