On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov

Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by readthenotes1 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:04PM (#36935350)

Tale of Dad Victory:

Teenagers had to read "non-western" novel for class.

Child's friend picked Crime and Punishment.

I steered child to Siddhartha by Hesse.

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Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by thriftwy on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:06PM (#36935373)

I can see how one may reason non-westerness of Dostoyevski, but - Hesse as non-western!? Isn't he Swiss?

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Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by SubGenius on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:11PM (#36935426)

I guess the subject matter is eastern/Buddhist in nature? Not sure what GP meant.

I liked that book when I was young but a recent reading didn't leave me super impressed.

My absolute favorite book by Hesse is Narcissus and Goldmund, it's beautiful. The Glass Bead game is pretty amazing too.

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Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by readthenotes1 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:18PM (#36936087)

Siddhartha being about Buddha was enough to qualify. I hadn't read it since college, but remembered how short it was ...

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Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by brmgb on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:10PM (#36937814)

> I can see how one may reason non-westerness of Dostoyevski

I can’t. Dostoyevski’s Russia is still very much European. It’s culturally a lot closer to what was produced in my own Western European country at the time than anything written in the USA at the same period. But the very idea of the western civilisation is dubious anyway.

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