Teri Vera reviewed El jugador by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Review of 'El jugador' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Ay, la ludopatía en manos de Dostoyevski se hace hasta contagiosa.
Estupendo bocado.
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Published by HESPERUS PRESS.
GAMBLER: A NOVEL (FROM A YOUNG MAN'S NOTES); TRANS. BY HUGH APLIN.
4 stars
(1 review)
The Gambler (Russian: Игрокъ, romanized: Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella in 1866 under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.