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The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
just found this hardcover edition of the pevear and volokhonsky translation and decided to read it again - it's been at least 10 years since i read it last time - very excited to set out on this particular journey.
took a few months, but i have just finished this book for the third time - over the course of 30 years. it would be an understatement to say that i feel this is one of the very greatest novels ever written - and one of my very favorite novels that i have ever encountered.
dostoevsky is celebrated for his "polyphonic" writing - a technique where many voices take part in the narration. this enables him to present his case (the murder and trial of parricide of one dmitri karamazov) in a fascinating way - so that the reader can see the events from a myriad of perspectives - each one offering a unique philosophical tract. somewhere in the midst of these perspectives lies the truth of who murdered fyodor pavlovich karamazov - and dostoevsky also allows us to discover our own search for meaning and truth over the course of his novel.
highly recommended. my vote for the greatest novel of the 19th century - a novel that provides the (literary) foundation of existentialism.
took a few months, but i have just finished this book for the third time - over the course of 30 years. it would be an understatement to say that i feel this is one of the very greatest novels ever written - and one of my very favorite novels that i have ever encountered.
dostoevsky is celebrated for his "polyphonic" writing - a technique where many voices take part in the narration. this enables him to present his case (the murder and trial of parricide of one dmitri karamazov) in a fascinating way - so that the reader can see the events from a myriad of perspectives - each one offering a unique philosophical tract. somewhere in the midst of these perspectives lies the truth of who murdered fyodor pavlovich karamazov - and dostoevsky also allows us to discover our own search for meaning and truth over the course of his novel.
highly recommended. my vote for the greatest novel of the 19th century - a novel that provides the (literary) foundation of existentialism.