Author: Dostoevsky (Author), Takuya Hara (Translator) Publisher: Shinchosha Release Date: January 2004 ISBN: 9784102010105 Pages: 667 Content Introduction: Three brothers, each inheriting the blood of their father Fyodor Karamazov, a personification of greed, in distinct yet profound ways. Dmitri, a passionate and reckless libertine; Ivan, a man of cold intellect; and Alyosha, a devout monk and the protagonist of the story. Then there's Smerdyakov, rumored to be Fyodor's illegitimate son. Within the hellish tableau of love and hate created by the interactions of these characters, this world-renowned literary masterpiece grapples with the fundamental questions of God and humanity.