GRAND INQUISITOR

VIVIDLY IMAGINING THE SECOND COMING AND CAPTURE OF CHRIST DURING THE TIME OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION, THIS PARABLE RECOUNTED IN "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" IS A PROFOUND, NUANCED EXPLORATION OF FAITH, SUFFERING, HUMAN NATURE AND FREE WILL. INCLUDED HERE TOO ARE DOSTOYEVSKY'S POWERFUL AND DISTURBING WRITINGS ABOUT HIS TIME IN EXILE AT A SIBERIAN PRISON CAMP. THROUGHOUT HISTORY, SOME BOOKS HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD. THEY HAVE TRANSFORMED THE WAY WE SEE OURSELVES - AND EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE INSPIRED DEBATE, DISSENT, WAR AND REVOLUTION. THEY HAVE ENLIGHTENED, OUTRAGED, PROVOKED AND COMFORTED. THEY HAVE ENRICHED LIVES - AND DESTROYED THEM. NOW PENGUIN BRINGS YOU THE WORKS OF THE GREAT THINKERS, PIONEERS, RADICALS AND VISIONARIES WHOSE IDEAS SHOOK CIVILIZATION AND HELPED MAKE US WHO WE ARE.