Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhause : ein Roman in 2 Teilen

F. Dostoevsky's "The house of the dead" in German (translated by H. Röhl). 

A partly autobiographical novel about the life in Russian labour camps.

The main character Aleksandr Goryanchikov has been sentenced to hard labour for murdering his wife. Through him, Dostoevsky tells the reader about his political views but also about his principles on values.