20 Feb 07
Well, I try, but when my parents abandoned me in a nest floating on
the waters of the river jordan, they didn't think so.
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Now, seriously, I've read only 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The
Brothers Karamazov' from Dostoevksy and I loved it. Unfortunately,
I tried to read the gambler after that but never finished it.
20 Feb 07
Originally posted by SeitseThe Gambler, The Double and Notes from Underground are compulsive short reading. Hesperus Press publishes them in superb translations; Dover Press puts out super-cheap versions of earlier translations. Crime and Punishment remains absolutely compelling. The Brothers K is too damn long.
Now, seriously, I've read only 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The
Brothers Karamazov' from Dostoevksy and I loved it. Unfortunately,
I tried to read the gambler after that but never finished it.
20 Feb 07
Originally posted by ivan2908Dostoevsky is one of my favourite authors, particularly 'The Brothers Karamazov.'
Anyone in love with his works or just me. What books do you like to read except the chess ones. What are your favorite books
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I can not write question marks because I am writting from laptop and cant find how to write any sign😕
20 Feb 07
Originally posted by wormwoodIt looks too long, yeah. But only before it intrigues you. Then reading can come obsession like chess or something else. Chess in combination with reading and some sport (mens sana in corpora sano) can really make smart fellow out of almost anyone. It is good to feed our brains!
they're all too damn long. or at least they felt like it...
20 Feb 07
Originally posted by Bosse de Nageheh, yeah. I read mostly pulp & poetry now. and no I haven't tried cooper, looks interesting. I'll have to check him out..
Chuck Palahniuk for you, then...Have you tried Dennis Cooper?
there's nothing wrong with long books, only long-winded. when I was younger, I had this crazy notion of what should be read. I crawled through horribly obscure philosophy, russian classics and religious texts with stubborn resolve. in a way it's nice to have checked those out, but man what a waste of time and energy. (it's of course completetely different that I waste all my time with chess now... :-P )
now I'll drop a book in a second if it stops interesting me. most classics are like that, they're just way too slow. I feel they're mostly status symbols, having read them makes you appear more cultivated, (a finnish politician claimed to have read the complete works of dostojevski in three days 😛 ), as does simply having them in your bookshelf (I hide my classics, it's way too embarrassing if someone catches complete poetry & prose of william blake from my desk). writing has evolved so incredibly much in the last 30-40 years that it's not even funny. and the best stuff is ignored by the academia. I'm not saying palahniuk is necessarily smooth with his words, but he can draw the reader in like no russian master ever will.