Notes From Underground (Om Books) – Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky captures the essence of existential despair and philosophical introspection through the narration by a bitter and isolated man. Withdrawn from society and living in a self-imposed exile, the protagonist or ‘The Underground Man’ examines themes of free will, consciousness, and the nature of suffering through his fragmented and, often contradictory, musings. His disdain for the emerging rationalist ideologies of the time serves as a powerful counter-argument to the notion of a perfectible human society. Dostoevsky’s profound exploration of the darker aspects of the human psyche makes this novella a timeless and influential work in literature and philosophy.
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering, and that is a fact.