La storia di Delitto e castigo

Save the Story

by A.B. Yehoshua, Sonja Bougaeva (Illustrator), Alessandra Shomroni (Translator)

A San Pietroburgo - la città più ricca di mistero, dramma, spiritualità, fermento intellettuale e truculenta - uno studente molto giovane, molto bello e molto affamato uccide una vecchia e odiosa usuraia senza lasciare tracce. Ma il senso di colpa lo divora implacabile e lo porta a confessare il proprio delitto. Dovrà scontare una lunga pena ma potrà sperare in una vita migliore.

Genres: Fiction, Russia

99 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Abraham B. Yehoshua (Hebrew: א.ב. יהושע also: אברהם ב. יהושע) is one of Israel's preeminent writers. His novels include A Journey to the End of the Millenium, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem, which was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2007.

Reviews

[grllopez ~ with freedom and books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant! I'm totally in favor of writing juvenile versions of the classics for kids. The author, Yehoshua, did a marvelous job maintaining a kid-size version of the plot of this excellent Russian classic, Crime and Punishment. My kids are 10 and 12, and they cheered each time I told them we could read some more. They could have read it themselves, with a little help with the Russian names, but I wanted to read it with them b/c this is one of my favorite novels.

This is part of the Save the Story series, and I ordered others within the series from my library to read with my kids.

I realize I chose the audio book on Goodreads, but we read a hard copy.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was such a good book, literally could ready it in under two hours, great if you don't have the time or energy to actually read the Russian classic; Crime and Punishment.

[Ümit Mutlu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Evet kabul, çok zor iş. Ama yine de daha iyi olabilirdi bence.

Bir de zaman kipine bir türlü karar veremeyen çevirmen ve editöre selamlar...

[Mikhael Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up from the discount shelf at a bookstore. I’m not sure who’s gonna read it. It’s packaged like a children’s book, with lovely illustrations and all, but the content is very adult. Even the language used is complex, so a kid definitely won’t be able to read this; although it’s formatted well for serialized bedtime stories.

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finalmente consegui ler um livro em italiano até ao fim! Sim, tive de me voltar para livros infantis, mas fiquei também a conhecer um clássico de Dostoevskij. E é incrível como se consegue contar uma história pesada como esta às crianças (e não só). Gostei imenso.

[Iro]

A very interesting idea, to save the story, through very simple language, though great storytelling. Can't think of a better way for a kid to appreciate Mr. Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[airy xie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first Fyodor Dostoyevsky related I ever read.

I read it just to know the big story about Crime and Punishment in need to understand a certain song because I don't have enough time to read the real one.

As this book is for children, th language is simple and light. I wonder will the real one also easy to read for non-English speaker?

Could we read it in children? Yes. The content might be hard, but to serve in such easy language will help children understand without heartbroken.

[Steve Horan · Rating 5 out of 5]

After recently reading one of the all-time Tussian classics as part of a class, I picked up this children’s version of the story based on the recommendation of the teacher of the class. While not an obvious choice to make this into a children’s story based on the mature themes of the original, it worked while keeping the major plot lines intact.

On to more works in my Dostoevsky project.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little bit like a summary, but it's a fine summary and a beautiful book.

[Zahirah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A respectable adaptation considering the serious themes. I wish there are more illustrations.

[Jennie Collison · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic smaller version/summary of the original book

[Dila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okuduğum ilk uyarlanmış klasik kitaptı. Suç ve Ceza'yı çok iyi uyarlanışlardı.