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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It’s great. The horse scene is amazing

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It’s from Crime and Punishment tho

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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

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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)

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Will check that out.

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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

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The Slackers have a song, Peculiar, about the book, too! https://youtu.be/_DGjHDBtrjI?si=k7ORAkCKG5nfc3UX

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I like the lyrics. It’s good.

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