A deep complex examination of the crucial philosophical questions of human existence from one of the worlds most renowned novelistsThe 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 familys rifts and the shadowy figure of their bastard halfbrother Smerdyakov. Dostoyevskys dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption good and evil blur and everyones faith in humanity is tested.