LovedBut at the peak of his powers, books like Disgrace and Life & Times of Michael K and his absolutely stunning Heart of Darkness book on Dostoevsky's relationship with his son in Master of Petersburg, absolutely check that out.
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The Master of Petersburg (1994)
Creators: Loved In 1869, Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky, whom we watch as he obsessively follows his stepson’s ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim, and whether he loved or despised his stepfather. The novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia, and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination.
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