Oh, and I did want to share this article by Karl Ove Knausgaard with everyone, as I found it expressed a lot of why I loved reading this: "The Light of 'The Brothers Karamazov'"
I'd like to add my thanks for this opportunity. It was such a wonderful way to travel through this book. I had never before heard that there was a planned sequel and knowing that opened up the last chapter in a way that hadn't happened the first time around. What does happen to these people? Where do they go from here? And, for that matter, where do I go from here?
So grateful to you, Catherine, and to all my traveling companions.
Hugely grateful for all your beautifully rendered analysis and observations, such great support in the reading, opening up so many more avenues for discussion than I would have had on my own. I'm left realizing how somewhat like a soap opera all great literature boils down to. I'm left thinking about the large subjects of theology and nation, along with the sheer vividness of Dostoevsky's rendering character and plot. I'm fascinated by the way these characters grow and reveal themselves--and especially on the part of the two women we are left pondering--their interactions, their power of influence in all things. I'm left marveling at the resonance of the mythos of the Karamazovs. I'm so incredibly grateful, Catherine--many, many thanks for the time, effort, intelligence, and breadth of your knowledge--and your willingness to share it with us. And yes, the love of Aloysha prevails!
Thank you, Catherine, for hosting this slow read for us! My first reading of this was greatly enriched by your daily reflections on each chapter.
And I love that the novel ends, in some way, centered on Ilyushechka and that "wisp of tow" episode. That scene felt like a load-bearing wall to the novel, and it's so interesting (and somewhat satisfying) to see how its themes resonate at the end.
Oh, and I did want to share this article by Karl Ove Knausgaard with everyone, as I found it expressed a lot of why I loved reading this: "The Light of 'The Brothers Karamazov'"
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-light-of-the-brothers-karamazov
I'd like to add my thanks for this opportunity. It was such a wonderful way to travel through this book. I had never before heard that there was a planned sequel and knowing that opened up the last chapter in a way that hadn't happened the first time around. What does happen to these people? Where do they go from here? And, for that matter, where do I go from here?
So grateful to you, Catherine, and to all my traveling companions.
Hugely grateful for all your beautifully rendered analysis and observations, such great support in the reading, opening up so many more avenues for discussion than I would have had on my own. I'm left realizing how somewhat like a soap opera all great literature boils down to. I'm left thinking about the large subjects of theology and nation, along with the sheer vividness of Dostoevsky's rendering character and plot. I'm fascinated by the way these characters grow and reveal themselves--and especially on the part of the two women we are left pondering--their interactions, their power of influence in all things. I'm left marveling at the resonance of the mythos of the Karamazovs. I'm so incredibly grateful, Catherine--many, many thanks for the time, effort, intelligence, and breadth of your knowledge--and your willingness to share it with us. And yes, the love of Aloysha prevails!
Thank you, Catherine, for hosting this slow read for us! My first reading of this was greatly enriched by your daily reflections on each chapter.
And I love that the novel ends, in some way, centered on Ilyushechka and that "wisp of tow" episode. That scene felt like a load-bearing wall to the novel, and it's so interesting (and somewhat satisfying) to see how its themes resonate at the end.
And thank you for being here and for participating!