The Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky, a Crime and Its Punishment[a] is a book by Kevin Birmingham. It details events in the life of Fyodor Dostoevsky and the inspiration behind his acclaimed novel, Crime and Punishment.[1][2]
 Allen Lane imprint edition[a] | |
| Author | Kevin Birmingham |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Literary criticism, biography |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Allen Lane |
Publication date | 16 November 2021 |
| Media type | Print (hardback), Digital |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 9780241235942 |
| Website | penguin.co.uk |
According to Birmingham, the protagonist Rodion Raskolnikov was partly based on a minor French poet turned murderer, Pierre François Lacenaire.[3][4]
The Sinner and the Saint is the second book authored by Birmingham. His first, The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses, originally published in 2014, won the PEN New England Award in 2015 and Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in 2016.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Daniel Rey (Nov 25, 2021). "The Sinner and the Saint — the story behind 'Crime and Punishment'". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Kathryn Hughes (Dec 3, 2021). "Inspired by real-life murderers, Dostoevsky wrote a new kind of novel". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Boris Fishman (Nov 16, 2021). "The True-Life Inspiration for Dostoyevsky's Famous Murderer". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Steven G. Kellman (Nov 22, 2021). "Review: The real-life demons that drove Dostoevsky to write his masterpiece". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Alex Christofi (18 Dec 2021). "The Sinner and the Saint by Kevin Birmingham review – a dazzling literary detective story". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Maureen Corrigan (Nov 22, 2021). "'The Sinner and the Saint' masterfully unpacks a Dostoevsky classic". npr. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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