by Fyodor Dostoevsky · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722327442
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«O Jogador» is the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (168 pages, in Portuguese).
Set in the casinos of Germany, it follows Aleksei Ivanovitch, a young man critical of the world but without goals, who falls into a compulsive passion for roulette. With irony and psychological insight, Dostoevsky shows desperation, loss of control and passions bordering on madness, with a satirical view of his society.
Originally published in 1866, this 2001 Portuguese edition inaugurated Editorial Presença's Dostoevsky collection, with a direct translation from the Russian by Nina Guerra and Filipe Guerra.
For readers of classic fiction and psychological narrative, and for those who want to discover Dostoevsky's autobiographical side.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short-story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His Notes from Underground, a novella published in 1864, is considered one of the first works of existentialist literature.
