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Osceana
08-05-2005, 05:32 PM
I've been hibernating lately, doing crazy things, sinking my teeth into The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which is quite amazing. It's very profound, in a very subtle way.

Has anyone else read this?
homer j. simpson
08-05-2005, 08:08 PM
i bought it, but i haven't found the energy or patience to read it yet. i'll get around to it sometime within the next year.
Kinbote
08-05-2005, 11:51 PM
Dostoevsky is vile trash.
nicolas
08-07-2005, 08:10 AM
i read it two summers ago. it took me a while, like a good month... it's worth it though :yes:
actually they put out new translations of dostoievki's books (in french at least) that show more his raw way of writing. interesting :yes:

so, yeah, i'm all for the kara bros :D
Osceana
08-09-2005, 01:24 PM
Originally posted by UncleLester
Dostoevsky is vile trash.

Why do you say that?

I love his writing. I've about 100 pages left. It is keeping me from reading Lolita which i picked up the other day.
Mary Alice
08-11-2005, 03:26 PM
The Brothers Karamazov is indeed a great book.
Kinbote
08-11-2005, 05:01 PM
Originally posted by Osceana
Why do you say that?


Half-baked, half-brained sentimentality, lazy self-revelation, and a style influenced by newspaper columns rather than any aesthetic sense.
motorcyclemptiness
08-19-2005, 10:58 PM
I was assigned to read it for my Russian Lit class. I didn't open it once.

Got an A in the class, though, so I guess that should tell me something about ol' Dostie.
alexthestampede
09-16-2005, 03:08 PM
i cant believe im responding to someone with a stanley kubrick avatar but here goes: stfu joob

i read BK for school. i had already read the idiot and CP on my own and i was looking forward to it. to me its a lot broader than these two but i liked them better. the grand inquisitor is pure idiocy and it pains me to see it published seperately from the book. its the work of a character in the book. not the work of F.D.

i keep the interpretations of dostoyevsky/dostoevski/youcantellalotaboutsomeonebyhowtheyspell it that make him my favorite author to myself, but i really do think hes written the best stuff out there with the singular exception of the stranger which wasnt particularly brilliant or cunning but was very honest and beautiful