The Master of Petersburg
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The Master of Petersburg is a 1994 novel by J. M. Coetzee that fictionalizes Fyodor Dostoevsky’s time in St. Petersburg, blending political intrigue, grief, and metafictional reflection on authorship.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Coetzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Anna Sergeyevna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nechaev NERFINISHED ⓘ Pavel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedByInCoetzeeBibliography | Disgrace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ political novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryAwardNomination |
Booker Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Tait Black Memorial Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Russian revolutionary movement
ⓘ
Tsarist police surveillance ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ mourning and loss ⓘ writing and creation ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
fictionalization of historical figure
ⓘ
intertextuality ⓘ metafictional reflection ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of the ethics of writing about the dead
ⓘ
fictional reimagining of Dostoevsky’s biography ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 250 pages ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | works of J. M. Coetzee ⓘ |
| precededByInCoetzeeBibliography | Age of Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
authorship
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censorship ⓘ grief ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Dostoevsky as “master” of Petersburg ⓘ |
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