/lit/ - Literature

Dosto basically predicted Stalinism a seven years before Stalin was born.

>Shatov is the member of the group whose views probably most closely resembled Dostos
>He gets literally cuckolded by the guy that brought him into slavophilism. Runs around town looking for someone to help deliver his wife's son.
>Think Verginsky or Kirillov is going to save him
>He gets pinned down and shot in the head whilst minutes prior he was thinking of pulling himself up by his bootstraps to help raise Stavrobull's son
what is the message here dostobros??

Katz (picrel) is also worth checking out. He translated a bunch of Dostoevsky's novels and seems to grasp the humour well.

Honestly, just go on Amazon and use the "read inside the book" feature to find one that you like the style of most.

Avoid:
Garnett
Pevear & Volokhonsky

>>17672762
>a translation of Demons
I think the translation by Michael Katz is better than Robert Maguire's, generally people here seem to like the book cover of the Penguin edition more than Oxford's (as do I) and not like that the title is Devils instead of Demons, but I still think his is the best.

>>16806116
>how good is the translation that OP has?
I prefer Michael Katz (his Crime and Punishment is also great), I think Oxford has generally done right by Dostoevsky.

>>15599930
>>15601354
>Katz
this, the Oxford World's Classics edition is what you want, it really is the best translation available

>>14576143
>Is the maguire translation any good?
It's competent, but I really prefer the Michael Katz translation.