Crime and Punishment : A Graphic Novel

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Other authorsDavid Zane Mairowitz, Alain Korkos (Illustrator), Metro Media (Producer)
Paperback, 2009

Library's rating

Publication

Sterling (2009), Paperback, 128 pages

Physical description

128 p.; 9.3 inches

ISBN

1411415949 / 9781411415942

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Description

This haunting interpretation, exploring the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of a poor student who murders a miserly pawnbroker, is reimagined in Putin-era St. Petersburg. Hailed a 'resounding success', it brings fresh relevance to this chilling tale.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Michael.Rimmer
A necessarily simplified version of Dostoevsky's classic, this was a good adaptation within the confines of a graphic novel.
Mairowitz and Korkos set the action in modern Russia to draw parallels between the corruption and inequality of Tzarist Russia and Putin's Russia. Worth an hour of most
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people's time, I think.
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Original publication date

2008
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