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Dublul nu este roman, ci mai degrabă se încadrează la nuvelă, povestire sau microroman. Personajul principal al cărții este Goliadkin, un funcționar foarte ocupat care într-o bună zi are parte de șocul vieții sale: se întâlnește cu dublura sa. Aceasta nu doar că îi da locul de muncă, dar vine și să locuiască în casa sa. La un moment dat l-am suspectat pe Goliadkin de schizofrenie sau altă afecțiune psihică, deoarece încep să se petreacă din ce în ce mai multe lucruri ciudate care nu au nicio exp ...more
Kent Winward
Dec 06, 2012 rated it liked it
Disappointed. The novella is intriguing to view from a developmental point of view on Dostoyevsky's work and also in how he deals with something that had to be quite new at the time -- the psychological novel. The worries and neurosis/psychosis? of the main character seemed so steeped in 19th century Russian culture that it lost verisimilitude and relevance, which makes Dostoyevsky's later work that are so packed in universalities despite being tied to a specific time in Russia all the more amaz ...more
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