“The Idiot” Savant: On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Idiot

Re:“The Idiot” Savant: On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Idiot by hcrisp on Thursday May 10, 2018 @01:18PM (#17040892)

Other existentialist works include:

  - "The Plague", by Albert Camus
  - "Metamorphisis", by Franz Kafka
  - "The Moviegoer", by Walker Percy
  - "The Bridge Over San Luis Rey", by Thornton Wilder

I can't say they are enjoyable or relevant in the way Dostoevsky's books are.

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Re:“The Idiot” Savant: On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Idiot by westoncb on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:57PM (#17042911)

I'll second "The Moviegoer." It's one of the best things I've read in a while, and I think there's a definite connection with 'Notes from Underground,' for instance. Both convincingly portray characters who are in certain ways despicable—more subtly with Moviegoer—and yet also relatable, especially in ways that derive from probably philosophically and/or socially induced mental conditions.

If you've read The Stranger, I'd describe The Moviegoer as a deeper take on a similar subject, with a more interesting backdrop.

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Re:“The Idiot” Savant: On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Idiot by wjn0 on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:24PM (#17042151)

I found The Plague to be quite enjoyable, while I've struggled through Notes from Underground and The Idiot (the latter moreso because of its length). The Stranger and The Fall by Camus are also incredible, I hope to read all of them in their original French sometime soon.

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Re:“The Idiot” Savant: On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Idiot by minieggs on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:25PM (#17041636)

If you enjoy these The Roads to Freedom series by Sartre I found great as well.

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