Books

Two brilliant existential novels from one of the titans of Russian literature. Notes from Underground is the dystopian tale of the Underground Man, a retired civil servant living in St Petersburg, who criticises western philosophy and contemporary society. The Double is the story of Golyadkin, who on a bitter snowy night encounters a stranger who looks exactly like him. They become friends, but Golyadkin gradually realises that, unlike himself, his double is socially successful, and he…