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The IdiotA new translation of Dostoyevsky's great novel of suffering and sickness. Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with "a truly beautiful soul" and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society. The novel begins when the innocent epileptic Prince Myshkin the 'idiot' arrives in St Petersburg and finds himself drawn into a web of violent

contemptible ideas of a vagrant former art student coalesced into an ideology that for twelve horrific years shaped the fate of millions

and many others

through an adulthood where the past continues to pull her back and shape her

and the jet set

Ranging from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day

painting the most iconic works of his career in a constant and dissatisfied pursuit of perfection

Christian Slater

Photographed for Vogue magazine over three days at the Bel-Air Hotel

both front and back

he must balance the demands of caring for a young family with his determination to write great literature

In doing so

and sado-masochistic sex at a time when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love