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[No spoilers] I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor dostoevsky (sh.itjust.works)
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I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (P&V translation). About 20% through. It's starting to get interesting as the characters start to take shape. Till now I have read and enjoyed the P&V translations of both Crime and Punishment and Demons. This is a huge book and I am looking forward to enjoying this for a while! I am just excited and wanted to read other people's thoughts.

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[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven't read it before, but I've been interested. I think I'll bump it up the queue. I've been interested because of this song that quotes from it:

https://genius.com/The-ocean-collective-the-grand-inquisitor-i-karamazov-baseness-lyrics

[–] FrozenTrout@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Slackers have a song, Peculiar, about the book, too! https://youtu.be/_DGjHDBtrjI?si=k7ORAkCKG5nfc3UX

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[–] Bebo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I like the lyrics. It's good.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another good one is Fathers and Sons (or Fathers and Children, depending on translation) by Turgenev.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_and_Sons_(novel)

[–] Bebo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Will check that out.

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's great. The horse scene is amazing

[–] NKVDawg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's from Crime and Punishment tho

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah that's right. The Karamazov brothers had that exposition on if god is good then why is there suffering or something, it's been a while since I read Dostoyevsky but he really rocks