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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know nothing of Turganev, honestly. I have read The Idiot and felt it was a little “less” than usual Dostoyevski, but I can highly recommend White Nights, a collection of short stories. I usually think of Dostoyevski as shining in long descriptions, but in White Nights he goes the other way and etches scenes with a minimal amount of details and still hitting the nail on the head. Notes from the Underground doesn’t have a good translation in my mother tongue, so I did not read it yet. Now that my English knowledge is good enough, I could look for a good English translation, but there are just too many books to read… what to read next is always a tough choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will look into white nights. I am thinking of giving Turganev a try later. Let's see how I like it. If it's good I'll probably share about it here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ll look forward to your comments, positive and negative!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago