#Karamazov

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my little vanya

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12 Libros que Debes Leer o, si los Leíste, Debes Releerlos

1. La Montaña Mágica - Thomas Mann

Sigue a Hans Castorp en su visita a un sanatorio en los Alpes suizos, donde explora temas como el tiempo, la enfermedad y la muerte.

2. La ciudad y los perros - Mario Vargas Llosa

Narra la vida de los cadetes en un colegio militar en Lima, abordando temas de violencia, disciplina y la lucha por la identidad.

3. El Lobo Estepario - Hermann Hesse

La historia de Harry Haller, un hombre dividido entre su humanidad y su naturaleza salvaje, en busca de sentido en medio de una crisis existencial.

4. La muerte de Iván Ilich - León Tolstói

Relata la vida y la muerte de un burócrata ruso, explorando temas de la existencia, la soledad y la búsqueda de sentido.

5. El jugador - Fiódor Dostoyevski

La historia de Alexéi Ivánovich, un joven tutor atrapado en el mundo de la ruleta y las apuestas, reflejando la propia adicción de Dostoyevski al juego.

6. 62 / Modelo para armar - Julio Cortázar

Una novela experimental que sigue a varios personajes en diferentes ciudades, con una estructura fragmentaria que desafía las convenciones narrativas tradicionales.

7. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

La búsqueda espiritual de Siddhartha, un joven hindú, que busca la iluminación y el sentido de la vida a través de diversas experiencias y encuentros.

8. El extranjero - Albert Camus

La historia de Meursault, un hombre que vive en Argelia y cuya indiferencia hacia la vida y la muerte lo lleva a cometer un crimen y enfrentar su propia ejecución.

9. El lugar sin límites - José Donoso

Ambientada en un pequeño pueblo chileno, esta novela explora temas de identidad, deseo y marginalidad a través de la vida de sus personajes en un prostíbulo.

10. Los hermanos Karamazov - Fiódor Dostoyevski

Una novela filosófica que aborda temas de fe, duda, moralidad y el libre albedrío a través de la historia de los hermanos Karamazov y el asesinato de su padre.

11. El idiota - Fiódor Dostoyevski

La historia del príncipe Mishkin, un hombre cuya bondad y simplicidad lo hacen parecer un “idiota” en la sociedad rusa del siglo XIX.

12. Crimen y Castigo - Fiódor Dostoyevski

La lucha moral y psicológica de Raskólnikov, un estudiante que comete un asesinato y enfrenta las consecuencias de su crimen.

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Victimhood between Separation and Communion

This is an article published in Depictions, a special issue dedicated to victimhood. In this paper, I explore the possibility of refusing the separation between victims and perpetrators even when evil actions take place. To do so, I discuss Socrates’ claim that a good man cannot be harmed and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s portrayal of Alyosha Karamazov. I argue that one of the features of people who do…

[nicklloydnow]

“Sim has an apparent lack of concern for his audience. Doesn't it matter to him that he frequently infuriates his readership even as far as driving many away permanently? Well, yes and no.

"That's not the criteria I use. The criteria I use personally, the thing that for me makes it worthwhile, is that Harlan Ellison likes it, that Barry Windsor-Smith likes it, that Michael Moorcock likes it, that somebody who can write an intelligent review for the ATLANTIC MONTHLY likes it and sees a lot of what I'm putting into it -- that's what I get out of it. I take it for granted that because that's who I'm going for, I'm going to annoy major chunks of the constituency quite frequently until it drops off to levels I thought I would achieve at the age of 30, say 22,000. I'm still perfectly content, there's a financial cushion there now. Even if it drops below that I can keep financing all this, saying exactly what I want to say."

It would be easy to see Dave Sim as arrogant -- and to a degree he is -- but you can't escape the thought that anyone who allows his readers virtually a free hand at the back of his comic must care something for them. There's the sneaking suspicion that behind the brash, tough-guy exterior there lurks, somewhere well hidden, a heart in the right place. His enthusiasms - CEREBUS, The Rolling Stones, comics in general -- are infectious. As to his favourite comics, well no surprises there.

(…)

And as to CEREBUS' constituency , who represents Sim's ideal reader?

"I'm going to paraphrase this because I can never remember what I said. Something to the effect of: I appeal to people for whom there is as great an appeal in obscurity as clarity. CEREBUS is obscure and reveals itself bit by bit, and is in no great rush to do so -- on average you will learn three or four pertinent things a year."

"It's one thing from there to say Who does it appeal to? A specific person doesn't come to mind. But to translate it into novels -- a person who likes the big hit, reads Peter Benchley's JAWS and gets grabbed by the first page and reads it all the way through sitting on the toilet or wherever else they go. It's gripping, spine-chilling, moves right along, a roller-coaster ride of suspense"

"You can try putting that on the back of Dostoyevsky's THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, but it's not. It's not a roller-coaster ride, it's not spine-chilling, gut-wrenching, sphincter-tingling action. If you're patient it'll deliver the goods. And then you hit the kicker page, like on page 300, and from there it becomes the Peter Benchley JAWS where you're just going: Well, how did he resolve this, how does he resolve this irresolvable thing that he's got? Somebody's going to get what they want and somebody is not, and I can't wait to see how he works this out." - from COMIC COLLECTOR #1 (1992)

[dialmforolrik]

Dimitri: impulsive, passionate and proud, loves to party and fuck around, always says the wrong thing at the wrong time

Ivan: brilliant but tortured, romantic at heart, has a personal vendetta with God, will definitely go nuts one day

Alyosha: kind and innocent, the eternal virgin, would rather hang out with kids, stanned his fav teacher

Smerdiakov: intelligent but weak and cowardly, always underestimated, most likely to get away with murder

[moredreamingthanawake]

listening to soviet waltzes to feel as if i had a motherland to fight and die for

[travsd]

The Dostoevsky Bicentennial

Born 200 years ago today, Russian novelist Fydor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). For my 18th Christmas, when my parents asked me what I might like under the tree I replied that I was interested in books by either Goethe or Dostoevsky because I had heard that they were the greatest authors of their respective nations, but were not ones I had been assigned in school. The inscription on the paperback…

[fairydrowning]

"The day was beautiful, warm and clear. It was the end of August."

– Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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still floored at how in his famous essay on brothers karamazov, freud decides to diagnose dostoevsky with bisexuality out of nowhere and follows it with "teehee, sorry"

[strangebrew]

lise!!!!!!!

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, from "The Karamazov Brothers," originally publ. in November 1880

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What is your use, single tree, in the world of black and white?

At the beginning of his The Karamazov Brothers, Dostoevsky asks a question that may come naturally in a utilitarian world: “Why would I, the reader, spend my time studying the history of his life?” His ���hero” is Alyosha, but there is nothing remarkable about him. He is “of indeterminate character, whose mission is undefined.” What is your use for this world, Alyosha Karamazov? In this…

[dialmforolrik]

Blows my mind that Dostoievski managed to write a 900 page thriller. Like, I've been biting my nails for 400+ pages wtf

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