Send us Fan Mail A review of the life and works of the great Fyodor Dostoevsky following René Girard's book Dostoevsky: Resurrection from the Underground. A masterpiece of literary criticism in its own right, this book brings edifying and brilliant insights into Dostoevsky's own masterpieces, but only by connecting them to the novelist's lesser works and personal life. Girard traces a coherent arch in Dostoevsky's life and works, from a frustrated naive romantic trying to fit into the litera...