The Brothers Karamazov (Giant Thrifts) | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Greatest translation of Dostoevsky!!!

The Brothers Karamazov (Giant Thrifts) | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | The Brothers Karamazov

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	The Brothers Karamazov (Giant Thrifts) Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dover Publications, 2005 - 736 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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This brilliant work by one of Russia's foremost novelists teems with greed, passion, depravity, and complex moral issues. Three brothers, involved in the brutal murder of their despicable father, find their lives irrevocably altered as they are driven by intense, uncontrollable emotions of rage and revenge.

Greatest translation of Dostoevsky!!!

I have read the Constance Garnett translation of "The Brothers Karamazov" three times since I was a sophomore in high school, and it is still far superior to the latest translation that I read recently. I know Constance Garnett has had her detractors (i.e. Vladimir Nabokov & Joseph Brodsky), but the passion and poetry of language seems much more unaffected in Ms. Garnett's translation.

Enough though about translations, when I read "The Brothers Karamazov" as a 15 year old, it changed my life. I could hardly hold onto the book with the adrenaline coursing through to nearly bursting my finger tips upon consuming pages of epiphany after epiphany.

Perhaps generations since are raised assuming their right to the freedom of questioning and pursuing an independent investigation of truth, but in the late '60s this was not necessarily understood by a good Catholic boy in Chicago. I was so fortunate that this right was inured in me through my steadfast scrutiny of the 800 pages of "The Brothers Karamazov". And still to this day, some 40 years later, I feel it is the greatest novel ever written. Through the years it is the closest that I have ever had of the meaning of life and grace confided to me.

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The Brothers Karamazov

I was very happy to see this book arrived within the time period stated. It was in good condition and I am looking forward to reading it.

hard read, but worth it

This is a long and difficult book, but very interesting. It is an excellent book, but still not my favorite of Dostoyevsky's. This reads like a murder mystery, and there are also lots of philosophical and religious undertones. I would say that this is a good translation and the book includes some helpful tips to get through the story. Honestly, one of the harder things for me was figuring out who was being talked about because everyone had about 3 nicknames. Once you get past that, it is a lot easier.

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