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Los hermanos Karamazov
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, The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger from Janurary 1879 to November 1880 (separate edition 1880). Dostoevsky intended it to be the first part in an epic story titled The Life of a Great Sinner, but he died fewer than four months after publication.
I have no idea how I am supposed to review this book, so I won't. I'll just leave a few impressions of it I've had.
It was much much more engrossing and easy to read that I had anticipated.
The atmosphere of the book is pure Dostoevsky, very very dense. There's no small talk or any breathers.
It reads like a detective novel. Even with a few departures, one feels compelled to read and know. It makes your heart pound.
There's a lot of epilepsy, mental illness, unstable characters, poverty, evil. And a lot of the opposite, love, courage, sound thinking, generosity, righteousness.
Love relationships between men and women in this book are very turbulent, they fall into the love/hate, category.
Dostoevsky was a fine observer and critic of his beloved Russia.
I couldn't believe that Voltaire and Candide are mentioned in this book!, and Tolstoy, Schiller, Shakespeare!
Dostoevsky adds some stories within his story, which I enjoyed. He seems to write from within. There's a lot of monologues and conversations, and succinct descriptions of the surroundings.
Many may be (like I was), intimidated by the length and renown of this title, but, having read Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Gambler (one of his short stories), this was by far the easiest to read, and so far, my favorite.
I'M A FAN!
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Silvia Cachia's review
bookshelves: classics-club-april-2017-2021, robust-raw-and-russian, ultimate-favorites
May 22, 2017
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Los hermanos Karamazov, Dostoevsky,
★★�★★ Not to miss, worth re-reading
, The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger from Janurary 1879 to November 1880 (separate edition 1880). Dostoevsky intended it to be the first part in an epic story titled The Life of a Great Sinner, but he died fewer than four months after publication.
I have no idea how I am supposed to review this book, so I won't. I'll just leave a few impressions of it I've had.
It was much much more engrossing and easy to read that I had anticipated.
The atmosphere of the book is pure Dostoevsky, very very dense. There's no small talk or any breathers.
It reads like a detective novel. Even with a few departures, one feels compelled to read and know. It makes your heart pound.
There's a lot of epilepsy, mental illness, unstable characters, poverty, evil. And a lot of the opposite, love, courage, sound thinking, generosity, righteousness.
Love relationships between men and women in this book are very turbulent, they fall into the love/hate, category.
Dostoevsky was a fine observer and critic of his beloved Russia.
I couldn't believe that Voltaire and Candide are mentioned in this book!, and Tolstoy, Schiller, Shakespeare!
Dostoevsky adds some stories within his story, which I enjoyed. He seems to write from within. There's a lot of monologues and conversations, and succinct descriptions of the surroundings.
Many may be (like I was), intimidated by the length and renown of this title, but, having read Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Gambler (one of his short stories), this was by far the easiest to read, and so far, my favorite.
I'M A FAN!
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Quotes Silvia Liked
“Quiero ver con mis propios ojos a la cierva durmiendo junto al león, a la vÃctima besando a su verdugo. Sobre este deseo reposan todas las religiones, y yo tengo fe. Quiero estar presente cuando todos se enteren del porqué de las cosas. ¿Pero qué papel tienen en todo esto los niños? No puedo resolver esta cuestión. Todos han de contribuir con su sufrimiento a la armonÃa eterna, ¿pero por qué han de participar en ello los niños? No se comprende por qué también ellos han de padecer para cooperar al logro de esa armonÃa, por qué han de servir de material para prepararla. Comprendo la solidaridad entre el pecado y el castigo, pero esta no puede aplicarse a un niño inocente. Que este sea culpable de las faltas de sus padres es una cuestión que no pertenece a nuestro mundo y que yo no comprendo.”
― Los Hermanos Karamazov
― Los Hermanos Karamazov
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
Reading Progress
December 28, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
December 28, 2016
– Shelved
April 5, 2017
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Started Reading
April 5, 2017
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12.0%
April 10, 2017
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21.0%
"I've read my week two portion, and it was very hard to stop reading, but I'm glad Kim and I are taking 9 weeks to read the book with some space in between. I'm enjoying this book a lot."
April 17, 2017
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28.0%
"I finished week 3 of reading BK with my friend Kim. The rest of April was supposed to be to catch up, and week 4 starts in May, but I may keep reading a week at a time (and Kim lets me, ha ha ha), because I enjoy my weekly dose of this fascinating book."
April 25, 2017
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33.0%
April 26, 2017
– Shelved as:
classics-club-april-2017-2021
April 27, 2017
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36.0%
May 3, 2017
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43.0%
May 3, 2017
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50.0%
May 6, 2017
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54.0%
May 9, 2017
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65.0%
May 13, 2017
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68.0%
May 14, 2017
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75.0%
May 18, 2017
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85.0%
May 20, 2017
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90.0%
"I am about to finish this book, and I don't want to! I am going to miss it. It's immense. I am a fan of Dostoevsky for sure.
Reading this after reading Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks, I am confident that Dostoevsky had epileptic hallucinations, no doubt. But that doesn't explain that he was able to turn them into art.
BK may intimidate, but I believe it's the easiest to read. Easier than The Idiot and that C&P to me"
Reading this after reading Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks, I am confident that Dostoevsky had epileptic hallucinations, no doubt. But that doesn't explain that he was able to turn them into art.
BK may intimidate, but I believe it's the easiest to read. Easier than The Idiot and that C&P to me"
May 21, 2017
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100.0%
May 21, 2017
– Shelved as:
robust-raw-and-russian
May 21, 2017
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Finished Reading
September 27, 2017
– Shelved as:
ultimate-favorites
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Who do you prefer? , Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, and why?
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I agree wholeheartedly! It is a heart-pounder! And your U2 comment is funny and accurate! I've wondered more than once whether D. had any good relationships with women.
Ha, ha ha ha. I just left a comment at your review!I wondered that too, about his relationships with women. Though it's not as if women can't be or aren't the way he describes them, there's a lack of a woman such as Aloshya is (I don't know if this makes sense, but, as you say, the love the women in this book had was very self destructive. In his other novels, there's the same prototype of women -the good woman who has been humiliated and hurt because of her poverty. The woman who wants to have noble feelings but who ends up with men who degrade her, toxic love, ha ha ha.
I'm a strange reader (maybe not), but I don't see issues with this, it's just a form of art, a look at life, and, for what's worth, I identified in the book with Aliosha and, at times, with Mitia. If a book has no character worth of me identifying with him/her, I don't, I enjoy or take that which is valuable. (Reading Madam Bovary, I rejoiced in the beauty of France and its country side).
Amazing review of one of my favorites books.
