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دفتر یادداشت‌ها� روزانه یک نویسنده را شامل یادداشت‌های� از داستایوفسکی با موضوعات مختلف سیاسی، اجتماعی، فرهنگی و شخصی دانست و گفت: داستایوفسکی در نوشته‌های� مسایل سیاسی روز، ماجراهای تبعیدش به سیبری، حوادث روزمره و کتاب‌های� را که مشغول نگارش آن‌ه� بود، ثبت کرده است.
این مجموعه با همین ترجمه در سال‌ها� گذشته از سوی ناشر دیگری منتشر شده بود. صالح رامسری درباره چاپ نخست این کتاب از سوی نشر معین و تغییرات اعمال شده بر متن کتاب چنین توضیح داد: 25 سال پیش ناشری به نام «بزرگمهر» این کتاب را منتشر کرده بود اما این ناشر اکنون فعالیت نمی‌کن�. این اثر را در گذشته به وزارت ارشاد فرستادیم که به تازگی به چاپ رسیده است
این مجموعه با همین ترجمه در سال‌ها� گذشته از سوی ناشر دیگری منتشر شده بود. صالح رامسری درباره چاپ نخست این کتاب از سوی نشر معین و تغییرات اعمال شده بر متن کتاب چنین توضیح داد: 25 سال پیش ناشری به نام «بزرگمهر» این کتاب را منتشر کرده بود اما این ناشر اکنون فعالیت نمی‌کن�. این اثر را در گذشته به وزارت ارشاد فرستادیم که به تازگی به چاپ رسیده است
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Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
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Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him of the greatest of world literature and consider multiple highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He also well acts as a philosopher and theologian.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him of the greatest of world literature and consider multiple highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He also well acts as a philosopher and theologian.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
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May 27, 2019
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معروف است که همه روسهای تحصیل کرده بسیار با ادب اند - یعنی هر وقت سر و کاری با اروپا پیدا می کنند، یا فکر می کنند اروپایی ها دارند نگاهشان می کنند، حتی اگر اصلا نگاهشان نکنند. اما در خانه، خانه خودمان، سرزمین خودمان، ما راه و رسم خود را داریم - آن اروپایی مآبی در خانه می تواند حذف شود... در روسیه روشنفکران پیشرو، و کسانی که مرتب به بازار سهام سر می زنند، در واقع رهبران فکری ما، همه تظاهر به طرفداری از افکار اروپایی می کنند
معروف است که همه روسهای تحصیل کرده بسیار با ادب اند - یعنی هر وقت سر و کاری با اروپا پیدا می کنند، یا فکر می کنند اروپایی ها دارند نگاهشان می کنند، حتی اگر اصلا نگاهشان نکنند. اما در خانه، خانه خودمان، سرزمین خودمان، ما راه و رسم خود را داریم - آن اروپایی مآبی در خانه می تواند حذف شود... در روسیه روشنفکران پیشرو، و کسانی که مرتب به بازار سهام سر می زنند، در واقع رهبران فکری ما، همه تظاهر به طرفداری از افکار اروپایی می کنند
June 22, 2023
نمرهٔ واقعی: ۳/۵
February 24, 2024
As someone who admires Dostoyevsky a great deal, this work was heavy going for me. Frankly, I found much of it repetitive and tedious.
I do not agree with the contention that the work is best comprehended as a novel in progress. I see it as a compendium of assorted works, some of which are anti-Semitic, others religiously bellicose in favour of spreading Orthodoxy. I am tempted to say that there are people in the present Russian power elite who may see this book as supporting their position � but what would I know?
I do not agree with the contention that the work is best comprehended as a novel in progress. I see it as a compendium of assorted works, some of which are anti-Semitic, others religiously bellicose in favour of spreading Orthodoxy. I am tempted to say that there are people in the present Russian power elite who may see this book as supporting their position � but what would I know?
November 12, 2019
"در اینجا همه چیز تا هزار سال آینده آشفته است. در اینجا، برای اینکه کاری کنم که مردم نوشته‌ا� را بخوانند، حتی بهتر این است که نامفهوم بنویسم..در روزگار گذشته عبارت «من چیزی نمی‌فهمم� صرفا به معنی اظهار جهل از ناحیه� کسی بود که این عبارت را ادا کرده بود. حال آنکه امروزه همین عبارت، احترام و افتخار بزرگی نصیب گوینده می‌کن�. کافی است آدم با قیافه و لحن بزرگوارانه بگوید «من چیزی از روسیه نمی‌دانم� من چیزی از هنر نمی‌دان�..» تا در لحظه، به مدارج عالی برکشیده شود. و این البته بسیار مفید است، اگر شخص در واقع چیزی نفهمد."
October 9, 2024
� نمی‌دان� چه کند و گویي احساس می‌کن� که در خانه� خودش مهمان است. دیرتر، موقعي که درمانده و مشوش آواره و پرسه‌زن� خاک مادری و سرزمین‌ها� بیگانه می‌شو� و به میان غریبه‌ه� می‌رود� او که در هوش و صداقتش تردیدی نیست در می‌یاب� که بیش از همه چیز و همه‌ک� از خود بیگانه شده. درست است که دوست‌دا� سرزمینش است، اما اعتمادی به آن ندارد. البته سخناني درباره� آرمان‌های� شنیده، اما باورشان ندارد؛ صرفاً بر آن است که در سرزمین آب‌و‌اجدادی‌ا� هیچ کاری شدني نیست و � حالا هم مثل سابق � بر کساني که این عقیده را دارند با ریشخند حز‌ن‌آمیز� می‌نگر�.
این کتاب درواقع «اروپا» ترجمه� مهران صفوی از نشر چشمه بود که متاسفانه در گودریدز پیداش نکردم.
یک بخش مقالاتي در باب اروپاست و بخشي «خطابه� پوشکین» که فقط در صورتي جالبه که آدم راجع به پوشکین اطلاعات داشته باشه.
امتیاز اصلي ۲.۵ بود که به بالا گرد کردم.
این کتاب درواقع «اروپا» ترجمه� مهران صفوی از نشر چشمه بود که متاسفانه در گودریدز پیداش نکردم.
یک بخش مقالاتي در باب اروپاست و بخشي «خطابه� پوشکین» که فقط در صورتي جالبه که آدم راجع به پوشکین اطلاعات داشته باشه.
امتیاز اصلي ۲.۵ بود که به بالا گرد کردم.
February 14, 2019
So it turns out that Dostoevsky was a blogger, and not a particularly impressive one ...? I seriously felt like I was reading Ross Douthat's blog on NYT Opinion, except with more Slavophilism (like, a lot more)
December 30, 2015
This book and its companion volume present the contents of a journal written, edited, and published by Dostoevsky over a period of eight years. It is a fascinating collection. There are stories; there are literary discussions; there are commentaries on current events, especially court cases and international developments. There are jaw-drop-inducing vamps on the harmful effects of the Jews on decent Christian people. As time passes and Dostoevsky grows older and sicker, most other topics are abandoned in favor of eschatological Slavophile ruminations on the "Eastern Question" and the coming triumph of Russian Orthodoxy. All of this will be much more than the casual reader will want to wade through. Yet for the serious student or fan of Dostoevsky's novels, the diaries provide a unique and amazing window into the author's thinking. For the student of 19th century history, they are an unforgettable presentation of one side of the passionate arguments over the future of the Balkan countries. For the student of Russian history, they provide eyewitness commentary on the struggles that accompanied the introduction of Western-style legal reforms, such as trial by jury. They are unique and amazing volumes, enhanced by a superb editor's introduction and useful end notes.
April 30, 2010
It's tough to review this book. It's like describing a busy day to someone briefly, when there were a dozen good and bad events � you usually just say "it was busy." After finishing this first volume/year of A Writer's Diary I can only say it was busy and that you should read it. I'll try to list some highlights.
First, however, I have to remark on Morson's 117-page Introductory Study. It's far too extensive and over-indulgent. Twelve pages of notes?! I agreed with some points, disagreed with others. Mostly I wish I had saved this heavy reading for after completion of the Diary.
Beginning with the bad news � the worst bits are, of course, his political "current affairs" discourse. The Serbian/Turkish strife of 1876 turns the Diary into fox news and Dostoevsky into almost a glenn beck character. These long chapters of nationalist propaganda slowed my enthusiasm. Also, it's difficult not to cringe at Dostoevsky's periodic anti-semitic comments. I'm awaiting his final answer to the "Jewish Question" in Volume 2 before I give an answer to my "Dostoevsky's Anti-Semitism Question."
Nearly everything else (non-political) was brilliant. I'll only mention two features that struck me: the "paradoxicalist" and the suicide discussions. Dostoevsky created a character called the "paradoxicalist" to represent his most improbable and criticized ideas. He would even argue with the character. These chapters reveal much more of D's inner life than his standard "polite" narration exhibits. The several chapters on suicide are fascinating, especially in the October 1876 edition, where he discusses the difference between the rational and the suicidal mind. I have to include this quote:
There were some great short fictions included � Bobok, The Heavenly Christmas Tree (also The Boy at Christ's Christmas Party), The Peasant Marey and The Meek One (also A Gentle Creature). For my reviews of these, see the PV translations .
I look forward to volume two, and hopefully a more complete review looking back.
First, however, I have to remark on Morson's 117-page Introductory Study. It's far too extensive and over-indulgent. Twelve pages of notes?! I agreed with some points, disagreed with others. Mostly I wish I had saved this heavy reading for after completion of the Diary.
Beginning with the bad news � the worst bits are, of course, his political "current affairs" discourse. The Serbian/Turkish strife of 1876 turns the Diary into fox news and Dostoevsky into almost a glenn beck character. These long chapters of nationalist propaganda slowed my enthusiasm. Also, it's difficult not to cringe at Dostoevsky's periodic anti-semitic comments. I'm awaiting his final answer to the "Jewish Question" in Volume 2 before I give an answer to my "Dostoevsky's Anti-Semitism Question."
Nearly everything else (non-political) was brilliant. I'll only mention two features that struck me: the "paradoxicalist" and the suicide discussions. Dostoevsky created a character called the "paradoxicalist" to represent his most improbable and criticized ideas. He would even argue with the character. These chapters reveal much more of D's inner life than his standard "polite" narration exhibits. The several chapters on suicide are fascinating, especially in the October 1876 edition, where he discusses the difference between the rational and the suicidal mind. I have to include this quote:
"For some observers all the facts of life pass by in the most touchingly simple manner and are so plain that it's not worthwhile to think about them or even to look at them. Those same facts of life will sometimes perplex another observer to the extent that he (and this happens not infrequently) is at last incapable of simplifying and making a general conclusion about them, of drawing them out into a single line and so setting his mind at rest. He resorts to simplification of another sort and very simply plants a bullet in his head so as to quench at one stroke his tormented mind and all his questions. These are only the two extremes, but between them lies the entire range of the human intellect."
There were some great short fictions included � Bobok, The Heavenly Christmas Tree (also The Boy at Christ's Christmas Party), The Peasant Marey and The Meek One (also A Gentle Creature). For my reviews of these, see the PV translations .
I look forward to volume two, and hopefully a more complete review looking back.
August 18, 2013
maybe he was even more essay writer then just writer of fiction. IMO the Diary is interesting then many of his books.
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February 27, 2021Russian Novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "A Writer's Diary, Volume One, 1873-1876" is very important book was published in 1997 again! Dostoyevsky wrote a lot of novels, stories, essays, speechs and notes. But, Dostoyevsky's Diary is very useful source to understand his work, his writing and his thoughts. Dostoyevsky lived a very rich life in Russia in the 19. Century, from Moscow to Siberia, from Saint Petersburg to the different European cities, Dostoyevsky's life teachs a lot of experiences of a Russian novelist in "a transition age" in the world. Dostoyevsky, one the one hand, wrote his novels, stories and notes, on the other hand, wrote notes about the novel writing of his age, wrote his thoughts on the different subjects of literature in the 19. Century.
November 15, 2024
Dostoievsky est, et restera probablement, un de mes écrivains favoris. Après lu une partie de son œuvre fictive et ayant un grand amour pour les récits intimes, je me suis naturellement tourné vers son journal.
Ce n’est décidément pas l’ouvrage que je conseillerais pour débuter, et je préconise sincèrement des bases en histoire russe (ou alors une grande curiosité pour le sujet, poussant à faire des recherches au fur et à mesure).
Mais, cela dresse un portrait fascinant d’une manière de penser proche de celle de son temps et des préoccupations littéraires et politiques de l’époque.
Ce n’est décidément pas l’ouvrage que je conseillerais pour débuter, et je préconise sincèrement des bases en histoire russe (ou alors une grande curiosité pour le sujet, poussant à faire des recherches au fur et à mesure).
Mais, cela dresse un portrait fascinant d’une manière de penser proche de celle de son temps et des préoccupations littéraires et politiques de l’époque.
July 27, 2019
Although this is not Dostoyevsky at his best, recurrent themes remind you of his other writings. I recommend reading the introductory study after reading the rest of the book.
Particularly excellent sections include: Bobok, The Boy at Christ's Christmas Party, and the best, The Hundred Year Old Woman.
Particularly excellent sections include: Bobok, The Boy at Christ's Christmas Party, and the best, The Hundred Year Old Woman.
March 19, 2025
کتاب اروپا ترجمه مهران صفوی بود از نشر چشمه ولی متاسفانه هر چه قدر گشتم توی گودریدز پیداش نکردم.
کل کتاب درمورد اروپا و قسمتی از اون هم درمورد پوشکین هستش.
در صورتی میتونه مخاطب رو به خودش جذب کنه که فرد در مورد پوشکین و اروپا اطلاعات کاملی داشته باشه.
درسته از نظر حجم خیلی کمه ولی تمرکز زیادی میطلبه
خوندنش آنچنان پیشنهاد نمیشه مخصوصا اگه تازه میخواین شروع کنین به خوندن آثار داستایوفسکی.
کل کتاب درمورد اروپا و قسمتی از اون هم درمورد پوشکین هستش.
در صورتی میتونه مخاطب رو به خودش جذب کنه که فرد در مورد پوشکین و اروپا اطلاعات کاملی داشته باشه.
درسته از نظر حجم خیلی کمه ولی تمرکز زیادی میطلبه
خوندنش آنچنان پیشنهاد نمیشه مخصوصا اگه تازه میخواین شروع کنین به خوندن آثار داستایوفسکی.
July 14, 2012
Late in life, Dostoevsky decided to write more nonfiction, and his chosen method for publishing most of that content was his Writer's Diary. Published monthly, Dostoevsky would write several piece per month, often grouped together on a theme, or at least following a thread of thought from one to the next. This volume contains the first grouping of those articles, with a second volume to follow.
The articles cover a variety of topics--responses to his writing, poverty, prison, the legal system, and the ever popular Eastern question in the last half of 1876 [Dostoevsky also makes about ten derogatory references to Jews, a troubling blind spot in a man whose compassion is evident in other circumstances]. In these, we see a portrait of the author with compassion for the downtrodden of his people; one who was willing to find value not just in education, but also in the simpler lives of the "People," and also one who was generally suspicious of the liberalizing, Eurocentric elites of his country. Throughout the author lionizes "the Russian spirit" and shows himself clearly as one who loves simple people. He argues strongly for Russia's involvement in "the East," meaning Eastern Europe, as the elites enamored with the philosophy and socialized politics of the West stand suspicious of Russia's protection of these nations from Muslim invaders.
The most affecting portions of the Diary come in the final third of 1876, as Dostoevsky recounts the proceedings of a particular court case involving the crime of a young, pregnant stepmother. Dostoevsky's keen sense of the psychology of the situation, even only as an observer of the case through the newspapers, reveals even in the recounting of a historical situation his power as a novelist. As he discusses this case in the October and December entries, he includes one of only three (or maybe four, depending on your view of The Peasant Marey) fictional entries in this volume of the Diary, a short story called The Meek One, for his November entry. While the details of this story are different from the court case, it too involves the tragedy of a young wife. This story exists in the great tradition of art that serves a social, rather than just an entertaining or personally enriching, purpose. While Dostoevsky doesn't explicitly link the story to the court case, its placement in the Diary, combined with the surprising turn of events recorded in the December entry, make plain the impact that good fiction can have.
The articles cover a variety of topics--responses to his writing, poverty, prison, the legal system, and the ever popular Eastern question in the last half of 1876 [Dostoevsky also makes about ten derogatory references to Jews, a troubling blind spot in a man whose compassion is evident in other circumstances]. In these, we see a portrait of the author with compassion for the downtrodden of his people; one who was willing to find value not just in education, but also in the simpler lives of the "People," and also one who was generally suspicious of the liberalizing, Eurocentric elites of his country. Throughout the author lionizes "the Russian spirit" and shows himself clearly as one who loves simple people. He argues strongly for Russia's involvement in "the East," meaning Eastern Europe, as the elites enamored with the philosophy and socialized politics of the West stand suspicious of Russia's protection of these nations from Muslim invaders.
The most affecting portions of the Diary come in the final third of 1876, as Dostoevsky recounts the proceedings of a particular court case involving the crime of a young, pregnant stepmother. Dostoevsky's keen sense of the psychology of the situation, even only as an observer of the case through the newspapers, reveals even in the recounting of a historical situation his power as a novelist. As he discusses this case in the October and December entries, he includes one of only three (or maybe four, depending on your view of The Peasant Marey) fictional entries in this volume of the Diary, a short story called The Meek One, for his November entry. While the details of this story are different from the court case, it too involves the tragedy of a young wife. This story exists in the great tradition of art that serves a social, rather than just an entertaining or personally enriching, purpose. While Dostoevsky doesn't explicitly link the story to the court case, its placement in the Diary, combined with the surprising turn of events recorded in the December entry, make plain the impact that good fiction can have.
April 4, 2025
this book is fuckin THICK. I read and enjoyed some of his work in college so when I saw a beautiful first edition of this in a vintage store, I splurged. I also may regret it
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