{"product_id":"9780140446586","title":"The Village of Stepanchikovo","description":"Summoned to the country estate of his wealthy uncle Colonel Yegor Rostanev, the young student Sergey Aleksandrovich finds himself thrown into a startling bedlam. For as he soon sees, his meek and kind-hearted uncle is wholly dominated by a pretentious and despotic pseudo-intellectual named Opiskin, a charlatan who has ingratiated himself with Yegor’s mother and now holds the entire household under his thumb. Watching the absurd theatrics of this domestic tyrant over forty-eight explosive hours, Sergey grows increasingly furious - until at last, he feels compelled to act. A compelling comic exploration of petty tyranny, The Village of Stepanchikovo reveals a delight in life’s wild absurdities that rivals even Gogol’s. It also offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the characters and situations of many of Dostoyevsky’s great later novels, including The Idiot, Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.","brand":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45893607555284,"sku":"9780140446586","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_04eec3ab-3238-4fef-a7bb-b4d843ee37df.jpg?v=1732109660","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780140446586","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}