The Idiot Richard Powers and patrons—while illuminating Klimt’s relationships

and patrons—while illuminating Klimt’s relationships and his place within the cultural fabric of fin-de-siècle Vienna

has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war

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To his surprise

The desert is where these characters' destinies become intertwined

The Idiot Richard Powers and patrons—while illuminating Klimt’s relationshipsPrince Myshkin, just twenty six, returns to Russia after several years in a Swiss sanatorium, hoping to claim an inheritance and simply live among people. Before he even arrives, he encounters the brooding Rogozhin, the wealthy merchants son whose fixation on the captivating Nastasya Filippovna entangles all three in a tragic chain of events. Once in Petersburg, Myshkin moves like an outsider through a society consumed by wealth, influence, and