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The master of Petersburg

Coetzee, J. M., 1940-2004
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Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is both a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia and a meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination.
Main title:
The master of Petersburg / J.M. Coetzee.
Edition:
New pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2004.
Collation:
250 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1994.
ISBN:
00994703739780099470373 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR9369.C58
Language:
English
BRN:
1102296
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