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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > The Brothers Karamazov is the most boring book I have ever read
 
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Ras Het
May 23, 2007

when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Ponsonby Britt posted:

I love The Brothers Karamazov, but it did take me two or three times to appreciate it. I think the key is that the plot is really more of a metaphor than it is an actual plot engine. Each of the brothers is a metaphor for a different part of Man's psyche - Dmitri is the id, Ivan is the ego, Alyosha is the superego, and the unconscious is also lurking around in the background.

This is somehow the dumbest thing said in this thread

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Ras Het
May 23, 2007

when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

The Butcher posted:

Space ships that go pew pew at each other while still mostly adhering to real world physics/science and plausible technologies. Buuuuut that's what I'm trying to branch out from a bit, and I'm also all caught up on the Expanse series. :)

So I guess beyond that and at the risk of sounding meaningless and or pretentious, personal stories about the human experience/condition seem to be my jam. Love, loss, aging, relationships, conflict, personal growth, blah blah blah. Which uh, is a pretty wide net to cast I guess.

I think I'm gonna try one more classic Russian thing since I'm still in that headspace before I swear it off or not.

So thread, if I was to check out one more that's not Dostoyevsky and is also not a P&V translation, what would you recommend?

Either Gogol's Petersburg stories or a collection of late Chekhov

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Ras Het
May 23, 2007

when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.
The P&V backlash has been nearly as dumb as the initial hype they reserved. Their style is clunky and obscure, but often in a charming way. Dostoyevsky, for example, is clunky in any translation. Besides, the implication that the good people at Penguin and Modern Library are just witless stooges of the naked emperors is highly stupid

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