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I picked this up from the library a couple of weeks ago, my eye initially being attracted to the Faber Editions styling, as I've enjoyed the other books I've read in that imprint. I was encouraged, also, by my cursory scan of the blurb making comparisons to Dostoevsky, which if only 50% hyperbolic would be positive. Now I've taken it up to read, I see that it's a dual timeline novel, part fictionalisation of Dostoevsky's disastrous honeymoon,👇🏻

Fyodor Dostoyevsky "The Brothers Karamazov" (I & II, 1324 pages).
Three brothers that find themselves involved into their father's murder. Mystery and drama evolve througout the novel as the author finds the beauty in his people, in Russian nation and those who are spiritually damaged.

#dostoyevsky #karamazov #russianliterature

Now reading the #classic by #Dostoyevsky. #audiobook

Rowan Williams's comprehensive theological interpretation of Dostoyevsky is as fascinating as it is esoteric.

“in order to convince yourself that Dostoyevsky is a writer, must you ask to see his identification card? Why, take any five pages from any of his novels and you will see without any cards that you are dealing with a writer.” (gratuitous picture of Balthazar, who is no Behemoth!) #myvodkabromance #whenworldscollide #dostoyevsky #littenkitten

My annual Dostoyevsky reading. I tend to read one ever year and a half as it takes me about a year and a half to get through one! But this one should be pretty fast, being only 280 v.s 700 pages #dostoyevsky

This novella is so rich in yearning, longing, loneliness... and beautiful prose.
##Dostoyevsky #classics

The third Dostoyevsky book I have read. The Idiot is about a prince who has epilepsy and because of this all the characters around him believe him to be an idiot. In reality he is the most wise and kindest of all the characters. Due to his kindness he becomes trapped in a hero complex that makes him want to "save" the "mad" and beautiful Nastasya Filippovna from insanity. 4/5?#dostoyevsky #theidiot #fiction

That's...really quite romantic. 🌹
#TheIdiot #Dostoyevsky