Notes from a Dead House

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (tr. Pevear and Volokhonsky)

In 1849, Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years at hard labor in a Siberian prison camp for participating in a socialist discussion group. The novel he wrote after his release, based on notes he smuggled out, not only brought him fame, but also founded the tradition of Russian prison writing." Notes fro...