/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.1767373]

How hard is Dostoevsky to read?

[Anonymous No.1767378]

Not hard at all. Give it a try!

[Anonymous No.1767388]

Make sure to read the Larissa Volokhonsky & Richard Pevear translations.

[jew !!6P/WhzicJTl No.1767395]

No, his books are not difficult. That doesn't mean it will interest you, though. What are some of your favorite books?

[Anonymous No.1767418]

>>1767378
>>1767395
Reading and understanding are two different things.
It saddens me that Dostoyevsky has become somehow a must read for hipsters.

[jew !!6P/WhzicJTl No.1767422]

>>1767418
Stop whining.

[fat lenny No.1767428]

Dostoevsky is pretty compelling read but I think he's one of those authors that you either get or don't. I've heard people complain that Crime and Punishment is boring or slow but I couldn't stop reading it.

And yeah, get the P&V translations. Read the first 50 pages and you'll see if you like him or find him difficult (you shouldn't).

[Anonymous No.1767447]

>>1767418
I too, am saddened by this.

[Anonamouse No.1767470]

Not that hard, if you're not an avid reader, I suggest you start with the comic version of crime and punishment, also there's a manga adaptation I'm yet to read..

[sage !eQro1H2.QA No.1767480]

>>1767447
This may seem like a stupid question, but should I get that book even though I never read any Dostoevsky or Sartre?
I definitely plan on doing so, I just want to know if this is a good place to start.

[jew !!6P/WhzicJTl No.1767485]

>>1767480
that book is pretty much just excerpts from those authors, not a book about them.

[Anonymous No.1767504]

I'd say go for it. Notes From the Underground was one of the first philosophical books I really read, and it blew me away. Possibly my favorite book. It changed my view on quite a few things.

[sage !eQro1H2.QA No.1767506]

>>1767485
How much would it ruin the books for me? Obviously not Sartre's, but Dostoevsky's.

[jew !!6P/WhzicJTl No.1767511]

>>1767506
I think the only Dostoevsky excerpt is the first half of Notes from Underground, so it wouldn't ruin anything. It might be annoying if you want to read the rest and don't own a separate copy lol.

[sage !eQro1H2.QA No.1767522]

>>1767511
This pleases me.
Thank you, good man!

[Adolf_Hipster Of Neo Germany No.1767529]

He's not hard at all, when I started Crime and Punishment it started a bit slow but when he killed the women it picked up loads.

[Anonymous No.1767567]

>>1767373
Simple, though the translation is key to reading non-English novels.