Tag: Russian literature
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As we become more seduced by technology do books have the same power to change the trajectory of our lives?
The Idiot. Fyodor Dostoevsky’s existential beast is often misinterpreted or easily dismissed given the blunt title. The whole book sways and pivots on the protagonist and hero Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin. Dostoevsky said he wanted to depict a “completely beautiful human being” in the image of Christ himself. Myshkin is one of the most loveable, endearing,…
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