{"product_id":"a-bad-business-essential-stories-9781805332060","title":"A Bad Business: Essential Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in this collection range from impossible fantasy to scorching satire. A civil servant finds a new passion for his work when he's swallowed alive by a crocodile. A struggling writer stumbles on a cemetery where the dead still talk to each other. An arrogant but well-intentioned gentleman provokes an uproar at a subordinate's wedding, and in the marital bed. And a young boy finds unexpected salvation on a cold and desolate Christmas Eve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis vivid translation by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater illuminates Dostoevsky's dazzling versatility as a writer. His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social mockery to moments of unexpected tenderness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781805332060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 22 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eFYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY was born in Moscow in 1821. A strong critic of the tsarist regime, he spent four years in a Siberian prison camp followed by six years of military service in exile. A renowned writer and journalist, his masterpieces of psychological and existential fiction include \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNICOLAS PASTERNAK SLATER, a bilingual nephew of Boris Pasternak, is a retired haemotologist. Published translations include Dostoevsky's \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, Pasternak's \u003ci\u003eDoctor Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e, Tolstoy's short stories, and, for Pushkin Press, stories by Ivan Turgenev and Anton Chekhov.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAYA SLATER has published translations of Molière and other French writers, and co-translations with her husband Nicolas Pasternak Slater. She is a Senior Research Fellow of Queen Mary University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eA sprightly new translation... reminds us how extremely funny [Dostoyevsky] could be -- A.N. Wilson * TLS *\u003cbr\u003eAn inspired entertainer, with his own hectic style of comedy * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eNasty, violent, ironic, caustic, and (at times) extremely funny * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe man more than any other who has created modern prose * James Joyce *","brand":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574043218137,"sku":"9781805332060","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781805332060_d63d4e44-05a7-46fb-935b-068160f0da5e.jpg?v=1790774963","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/a-bad-business-essential-stories-9781805332060","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}