NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

THIS TITLE COMES FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS OF "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT", RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY. THE APOLOGY AND CONFESSION OF A MINOR MID-19TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN OFFICIAL, "NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND" IS A HALF-DESPERATE, HALF-MOCKING POLITICAL CRITIQUE AND A POWERFUL, AT TIMES ABSURDLY COMICAL, ACCOUNT OF MAN'S BREAKAWAY FROM SOCIETY AND DESCENT 'UNDERGROUND'.