alt Hacker NewsI have never read a book I hated more than The Brothers Karamazov. I never read a book that depressed me more than Crime and Punishment. No more Dostoevsky for me.
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dang • today at 2:23 AM
You and Nabokov.
Edit: except for The Double.
I have never read a book I hated more than The Brothers Karamazov. I never read a book that depressed me more than Crime and Punishment. No more Dostoevsky for me.
You and Nabokov.
Edit: except for The Double.
You're doing it wrong. I bumped into this 'Short Guide to Russian literature':
"Russian literature consists of suffering. Either writer suffers, or protagonist, or reader. If all three suffer simultaneously--then it is a masterpiece. In every difficult situation always read Russian classic literature--it is even worse in there."