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13608073 No.13608073 [Reply] [Original]

Is he actually really that good?

>> No.13608096

>>13608073
the best

>> No.13608141

>>13608096
Then why did Nabokov call him a "claptrap journalist, cheap sensationalist"?

>> No.13608168

>>13608141
What are you even asking? Is Nabakov somehow the sole arbiter of who is the best? Do you need people to hold your hand and tell you who to worship? Form your own opinion you brainless fucking drone.

>> No.13608391

>>13608073
No.
>>13608168
Nabokov has a far better mind for literature than you do. If you disagree with him the odds that you’re the one in the right are extremely small.

>> No.13608413

>>13608141
COPE

>> No.13608422

>>13608391
>Nabokov has a far better mind for literature than you do.
Probably
>If you disagree with him the odds that you’re the one in the right are extremely small.
Genuinely nobody cares, especially not Nabokov

>> No.13608425

>>13608422
You cared pretty passionately just a second ago, curious 180.

>> No.13608438
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13608438

>>13608141

>nabo-fucking-kov

bhhAHAHAHAHA! that self-hating pseudo-russian

>> No.13608459

>>13608425
>curious 180.
Is it anon, is it?
I really don't care about (passionately?) disagreeing with Nabokov who has been death for longer than I've been alive. Happy to hear you were able to feel my passion.

>> No.13608495

He's not that good. Sloppy, sentimental, histrionic, and melodramatic. Frenzied, "tears on the page" writing. Tolstoy was not only a better writer but a better psychologist. That said, I've read everything Dosty's written because he's fun.

>> No.13608615

>>13608391
Nabakov's taste in literature differs from mine, that's all it amounts to. You assume too much of Nabakov and too little of the anon

>> No.13608674

>>13608141
i really like that comment from nabby because it shows you how there's no objective way to rate a book.
i agree with dosto's views but i don't find a lot of his stuff interesting to read because i've never enjoyed reading long stretches of dialogue. i also prefer most moral themes to be a little less obvious. that's just my personal preference

>> No.13608680

>>13608073
He's the fucking best if you read the right translations. Even the slow parts of The Brothers Karamazov were still engaging for me and the story was interesting enough to invoke a desire to continue reading. People hate on him because a lot of his writing is long and drawn-out, but then can't name a talented 19th-century fiction author whose wasn't.

>>13608141
Then why did David Foster Wallace call him one of the greatest fiction writers to ever live? And please don't reply "C-cuz DFW was a shitty writer," you've already exposed us to enough of your seething hatred for literature you couldn't read.

>>13608495
>Tolstoy
>better psychologist
Don't pay attention to this drivel. Foundational psychologists like Freud cited Dostoevsky as a great influence on their work and interests.

>> No.13608703

>>13608615
>Nabakov's taste in literature differs from mine, that's all it amounts to.
Fully PATRICIAN
>Do you need people to hold your hand and tell you who to worship?
Mostly PATRICIAN
>You assume too much of Nabakov and too little of the anon
Fully plebeian, and probably off-base

>> No.13609469

>>13608073
Yes.
>>13608141
Nabokov's a faggot with a habit of taking shots at writers far better than him.
>>13608391
Shut up, faggot.
>>13608495
This anon is also correct. Dostoevsky, however, remains such a potent writer than the enormity of his art overcomes his defects.
>>13608680
Who cares what DFW thinks. Faggot, kill yourself.

>> No.13609479

He was a prophet

>> No.13609550

>>13608680
>Foundational psychologists like Freud cited Dostoevsky as a great influence

And that should tell you all that you need to know about why Dostoevsky is overrated. Most of Freud's ideas aren't considered persuasive by even psychoanalytical nerds. That's like saying seminal and respected Jungian Jordan Peterson's favorite author i- oh wait.

>> No.13609580

>>13608073
Yes

>> No.13609844

>>13608073
only misanthropic autistic pseudo religious incel Americans who voted for Trump like him

>> No.13609852

If you have the patience and attention span yes. His style can be loose, overwrought and sloppy at times but when inspiration strikes, he speaks in eternities and infinities.

>>13609844
What a gross mischaracterization.

>> No.13609869

>>13609852
seething incel

>> No.13609888

>>13609869
Gibbering idiot.

>> No.13610005

>>13608073

Yes, he really is. t. atheist