Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction (Making of the Christian Imagination)

Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction (Making of the Christian Imagination) by Rowan Williams. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781602581456.

Rowan Williams explores the intricacies of speech, fiction, metaphor, and iconography in the works of one of literatures most complex, and most complexly misunderstood, authors. Williams investigation focuses on the four major novels of Dostoevskys maturity (Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Devils, and The Brothers Karamozov). He argues that understanding Dostoevskys style and goals as a writer of fiction is inseparable from understanding his religious commitments. Any reader who enters the rich and insightful world of Williams Dostoevsky will emerge a more thoughtful and appreciative reader for it.