THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

A deep complex examination of the crucial philosophical questions of human existence from one of the world s most renowned novelists The mystery of human existence lies not in staying alive but in finding something to live for The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably Mitya the sensualist whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide Ivan the intellectual driven to breakdown the spiritual Alyosha who tries to heal the family s rifts and the shadowy figure of their bastard half brother Smerdyakov Dostoyevsky s dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption good and evil blur and everyone s faith in humanity is tested