The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky, David Magarshack (Translator) Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut's

Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut's process as he struggles—false start after false start—to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories

son of Vishnuyath and Sumati

sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers

a damaged harp

an eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky, David Magarshack (Translator) Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut'sThis collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a story of guilt, ineffectiveness, and uncompromising