My love of Dostoevsky is not exactly a secret (!), so I was really happy to be offered a copy of a beautiful new book from Notting Hill Editions to review, which arrived over the festive period.
Notting Hill Editions Classic Collection books are just lovely – gorgeous little cloth-covered hardbacks with bookmarks and quality paper and printing, part of me screams out to collect the lot (control yourself, woman!!) I own and have read a few, but this was really special.
“The Russian Soul” distills some of Dostoevsky’s thoughts and writings from his epic work “A Writer’s Diary” and it’s an excellent read, complete with erudite foreword from esteemed translator Rosamund Bartlett. I was also fortunate enough to be able to interview Bartlett for SNB so do go and check out the review and the interview on Shiny New Books, where it’s something of a Dostoevsky Day – it’s all fascinating stuff!
Feb 01, 2018 @ 18:17:49
Notting Hill are a new publishing name to me, should I know them? They look beautiful.
Feb 01, 2018 @ 18:22:01
They’ve been about for a little while I think. I stumbled across them first on a little display carousel in Foyles and they were so lovely I couldn’t resist. They’re essays and non fiction and just gorgeous and I defy you to see one and read one and then not want to collect them…. 😉
Feb 01, 2018 @ 18:27:24
Oh goodness 😂. You know what I’m like!
Feb 02, 2018 @ 18:52:17
Happy Dostoevsky!
Feb 02, 2018 @ 19:11:08
I ❤ Dostoevsky!! 🙂