I'm reading BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, have about 200 pages left.

[raccoon]

I posted this in the Lounge but I'm going to be courageous and post it here.

Here's my :silly: take on it:


Fyodor is a turkey, Dmitri is a turkey, and they both are probably active alcoholics.

Ivan and Alyosha are OK.

Katerina whatever is an idiot; she ought to appreciate Ivan, instead of hanging on to Dmitri.

And many of the characters have diarrhea of the mouth.

Poor Smerdyakov never had a chance.

[ananda]

1. Lol.

TBK is one of my favorite books of all time... even with all the verbal diorrhea
and dysfunctional family stuff and sexism.

As for Dmitri, well, he does start off a turkey, but he undergoes a transformation.
Keep reading and you'll see.

I agree about Smerdyakov, but he did kind of bring it on himself... just downright
crazeee.

The ending has a rather deus ex machina feel to it, but hey, we really do root for
poor Dmitri at the end, don't we?

[Sal Minella]

2. I loved that book, except for the religious ecstasy thing in the middle.

The details of Smerdyakov's conception stick with me to this day.

Hope you end up liking it.

[asjr]

3. It has been so long since I read

that book I had forgotten about it. Time to go back to the library.

[TlalocW]

4. Spoiler: They all become jugglers in the end

You never see it coming. One of the greatest twists in literature.

TlalocW

[The Blue Flower]

5. You might enjoy this: Ashcroft as the Grand Inquisitor

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/05/p/25_fyodor.html

I wrote it in 2002.

[raccoon]

6. Thanks for the link! nt

[RobertDevereaux]

7. My favorite novel, bar none...

...especially in the Pevear-Volokhonsky translation.

[themadstork]

8. Love TBK

I'll never forget the first time I read Ivan's interview with the devil. . . one of the most badass literary experiences I've ever had.