Overview
La gran novela de Dostoievski sobre un ingenuo que debe enfrentarse al mundo de los intereses económicos y la manipulación.
Traducción de José Laín Entralgo y Augusto Vidal.
Introducción de William Mills Todd III, catedrático de la Universidad de Harvard.
Tras retratar magistralmente la figura del culpable en Crimen y castigo, Dostoievski ahonda en El idiota en el alma torturada de un hombre inocente. Después de pasar varios años en un sanatorio suizo, el joven y piadoso príncipe Mishkin regresa a su Rusia natal para recibir una herencia y «mezclarse con la gente». Sin embargo, en San Petersburgo solo le aguarda una sociedad obsesionada con el dinero, el poder y la manipulación, que pondrá a prueba su moral y sus puros sentimientos. Antes de llegar a su destino conoce al inquietante Rogozhin, hijo de un acaudalado mercader, cuya fijación por la hermosa Nastasia Filippovna acabará por arrastrar a los tres protagonistas a un fatal desenlace.
La presente edición cuenta con la traducción magistral de José Laín Entralgo y Augusto Vidal. El estudio introductorio es de William Mills Todd III, catedrático de literatura y lenguas eslavas en la Universidad de Harvard.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Dostoevsky’s great novel about a naive man who must confront a world of economic interests and manipulation.
Translated by José Laín Entralgo and Augusto Vidal.
Introduction by William Mills Todd III, professor at Harvard University.
After masterfully portraying the figure of the guilty party in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky delves into The Idiot and explores the tortured soul of an innocent man. After spending several years in a Swiss sanatorium, the young and pious Prince Myshkin returns to his native Russia to claim an inheritance and “mingle with the people.”
However, in St. Petersburg, he is met only by a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation, which will test his values and his innocence. Before reaching his destination, he meets the unsettling Rogozhin, son of a wealthy merchant, whose fixation on the beautiful Nastasia Filippovna will ultimately drag the three protagonists toward a fatal conclusion.
This edition features the masterful translation by José Laín Entralgo and Augusto Vidal. The introductory study is by William Mills Todd III, professor of Slavic languages and literature at Harvard University.
Traducción de José Laín Entralgo y Augusto Vidal.
Introducción de William Mills Todd III, catedrático de la Universidad de Harvard.
Tras retratar magistralmente la figura del culpable en Crimen y castigo, Dostoievski ahonda en El idiota en el alma torturada de un hombre inocente. Después de pasar varios años en un sanatorio suizo, el joven y piadoso príncipe Mishkin regresa a su Rusia natal para recibir una herencia y «mezclarse con la gente». Sin embargo, en San Petersburgo solo le aguarda una sociedad obsesionada con el dinero, el poder y la manipulación, que pondrá a prueba su moral y sus puros sentimientos. Antes de llegar a su destino conoce al inquietante Rogozhin, hijo de un acaudalado mercader, cuya fijación por la hermosa Nastasia Filippovna acabará por arrastrar a los tres protagonistas a un fatal desenlace.
La presente edición cuenta con la traducción magistral de José Laín Entralgo y Augusto Vidal. El estudio introductorio es de William Mills Todd III, catedrático de literatura y lenguas eslavas en la Universidad de Harvard.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Dostoevsky’s great novel about a naive man who must confront a world of economic interests and manipulation.
Translated by José Laín Entralgo and Augusto Vidal.
Introduction by William Mills Todd III, professor at Harvard University.
After masterfully portraying the figure of the guilty party in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky delves into The Idiot and explores the tortured soul of an innocent man. After spending several years in a Swiss sanatorium, the young and pious Prince Myshkin returns to his native Russia to claim an inheritance and “mingle with the people.”
However, in St. Petersburg, he is met only by a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation, which will test his values and his innocence. Before reaching his destination, he meets the unsettling Rogozhin, son of a wealthy merchant, whose fixation on the beautiful Nastasia Filippovna will ultimately drag the three protagonists toward a fatal conclusion.
This edition features the masterful translation by José Laín Entralgo and Augusto Vidal. The introductory study is by William Mills Todd III, professor of Slavic languages and literature at Harvard University.
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