Title: The Gambler
Author: Fyodor
Dostoevsky
Genre: Classic Fiction
Read by: Simon
Prebble
Publisher/Date: Blackstone Audio/2010
Originally published:
1867
Dates listened to: 7/21/17 – 7/30/17
CDs/Hours: 6/6
IBSN: 978-1-4417-1712-2
Set in Germany in the town of Roulettinberg, we find our protagonist,
Alexei, ready to partake of the gaming tables, namely roulette, on behalf of
his lady-love Polina. Dostoevsky, like
Alexei, had a gambling problem. His
addiction makes the book even more real.
I love the tension of winning, losing, winning and losing again. And like the red and black, odd and even
numbers, we find the relationship of Polina and Alexei on-again,
off-again. It is an emotional roller
coaster with changing fortunes and complicated lives. Dostoevsky at his best.
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