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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jordanlund@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Will check that out.
BitSound@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
I like the lyrics. It's good.
lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml · 2 pts · 2y
It's great. The horse scene is amazing
NKVDawg@lemmygrad.ml · 2 pts · 2y
It's from Crime and Punishment tho
lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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