So lit, i just finished the brothers karamasow and completly loved it! I have already read the other books by dostojevsky (except the idoit), but my question is were do i continue from here?
Can you recommend me authors or books that are as immersive and philosophical.
>>8288292
Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Cervantes
I may get shit for this, but I like Kazantzakis in a similar way.
>>8288292
How the fuck did you enjoy this book? I'm like 1/3rd through it and have to force myself to keep going.
>>8288305
Why would you get shit for that? What's his reputation?
I have most of his books in Greek but haven't got around to reading them yet.
>>8288321
Same happened to me at the beginnig.
Luckily, the book gets more and more captivating as you go forward. By the end, you feel like nothing better has been written in 19th century.
>>8288329
Alright i'll keep going then, thanks anon
>>8288321
>Reading for entertainment.
I always believed that Dostoevsky and Charles Dickens are similar on both an aesthetic level and a philosophical level, excepting the sophisticated refinement of Fyodor's psychological observations. It's a critical platitude to remark on the psychological flatness of Dickens's characterisations; to say Dickens created caricatures rather than characters: but I feel this is a misunderstanding. The psychological simplicity of Dicken's characterisations are an effect of his moral world-view, which is an ethics of common decency. He simply believed, with almost childlike innocence, that if we behaved with decency towards each other the world would be a better place.
>>8288292
After reading All of Camus, some anon on lit recommended me Dostojevsky for his completly different approach with existencialism. There must be more to continue reading, but i have no idea what
>>8288321
it picks up in the latter third
>>8288292
too bad when you say you "loved it!" you couldn't place a heart for the dot above the letter 'i'
>>8288341
Not OP here, but Dostoevsky's psychological observations are why I love his work so much. Can you recommend anyone else who has such sophisticated characters?
>>8289693
The Recognitions
The Red and the Black
>>8288292
Have you avoided the Idiot ? If not, start with that! It's still my favourite Dostoïevsky
>>8289693
Proust is very similar to Dostoyevsky in the psychology department (arguably better, and definitely more complex), although he doesn't touch on philosophy nearly as much.
>>8289609
Sexist
>>8291396
homophobic
>>8288321
I had trouble with the beginning too, it definitely gets better
>>8288321
You don't wanna find out who did it and why?
TBK is one of the few books I couldn't put away.
