April 2010
6 posts
“Even bad books are books, and therefore sacred.”
– Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum (via libraryland)
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
In my 24 years there are a lot of books I haven’t read, but it shouldn’t have taken me this long to pick up Crime and Punishment. I am a huge lover of Russian Literature, and even a fan of Dostoyevsky. Somehow I haven’t read this masterpiece; it was never assigned to me in any classes and I never opened it on my own. Until now!
Crime and Punishment has made me think about...
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“THERE’S NOTHING IN THE WORLD MORE DIFFICULT THAN CANDOR, AND NOTHING...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
I am almost finished reading Crime and Punishment. This quote really struck me as stabbingly insightful.
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“But if I were to leave some gentleman quite alone, not bring him in or bother...”
– Fyodoy Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
This passage is almost Foucault-ian in scope. I am really enjoying Crime and Punishment, and am almost done with it. I’m reading a copy a friend of mine lent me, and this passage was highlighted. I agree that it should be highlighted.
Some really intense, really important, reading... →
RAJMAHAL
I just finished reading The RajMahal for my job. We’re republishing it. And it’s great.