4/25/22

Vëllezërit Karamazovë 1 është pjesa e parë e romanit e cila na njeh me botëkuptimin dhe përbërjen e familjes Karamazov. Po ashtu nga njeh me jetën e murgjve dhe të Kuvendit, duke bërë lidhjen e pikave kyçe të subjektit, duke shpalosur ide dhe gjendje mistike, sociale dhe filozofike, të rëndësishme për këtë epope të jashtëzakonshme...

J'ai adoré ! Quelle finesse des caractères ! Même traduit, quelle saveur ! L'inoubliable personnage du tsaret et les inénarrables envolées sur le fait de croire ou de ne pas croire ! Très grand ! ( )

Brothers Karamazov was my favorite book for many, many years. I'd read it so many times, that I could open the book at random and just start reading and become completely immersed in it. Last year I realized I hadn't read it in about 15 years! I pulled out my penguin paperback and my Russian hardback and decided to read them side by side. Well, life happens, and so it took me a bit longer than I thought to finish the first few books. I'm reading it slowly, a chapter in English, then a reread in Russian and I'm enjoying even the parts that I used to find a bit slow (Father Zosima's biography). I love Ivan's arguments against God, and the many threads of conversations and plots and how they all converge in the second half of the novel. I have the David Magarshack translation which is perfectly fine, though Dostoevsky's prose is rather more prickly than any translation of it I have read. ( )

It's a very slow start but worth persevering. ( )