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!bookworms thoughts?
Here is Vladimir Nabokov's 
on why Dostoyevsky was a 
writer
https://old.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/17n8lrt/why_did_nabakov_dislike_dostoyevsky_so_much/
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/23/magazine/nabokov-on-dostoyevsky.html
One of the key facts about Nabokov is that he was a cranky old man his whole life.
Lmao
Hemingway talks about Dostoyevsky's unique style quite a lot in A Moveable Feast.
One famous quote is: “I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and yet make you feel so deeply.”
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My biggest gripe with dostoevski is his dialogue. Unless there's some insane cultural barrier between us and 19th century ruskies it's impossible to believe in any of his dialogues.
Did this man ever talk with anyone in his life?
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I've been reading some criticism on Dostoyevsky, Nabokov included, and dialogue is one of them.
His characters are sort of philosophical mouthpieces going on long monologues. I still remember Mermeladov's rambling in C&P which is an example.
I know you're not a fan of Tolstoy, but you wont see those long ramblings on Anna Karenina, the characters are much more fleshed out and the dialogue is realistic even if the story is kind of mid.
What do you guys think !bookworms?
Speaking on ruskies, my mom brought me a Chekhov book from her trip to Santiago
I love the cover
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Yeah, it's a dostoevksi issue not an old book issue.
Have you read Dom Quixote? The dialogue is unironically hillarious and feels very human and realistic even though it was written like 500 years ago
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Notes from the Underground is basically a whiny /r9k/ post stretched out to 100 pages, so in the sense of resembling internet wahhh wahhs it can be realistic dialogue.
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That one was my favorite. It felt so experimental. I wonder what I'd think of it 20+ years later
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Exactly. Dostoyevski was dunking on bitter volcels before bitter volcels. and if its a whiney r9k post then his dialogue is exactly right.
Tell me those spergs wouldn't biploarly flick between telling a woman theyll whisk her away ti a better life before losing their shit and berating her out of self-hatred.
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It's been ages since I read it, but I what I mean is that while the characters and their motivations are plausible, the way they interact/talk to each other is just
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Yes, but years ago. I'm considering re-reading it. I have the RAE edition
It has some archaic spanish words but the language is quite accessible. Don Quixote doesn't feel like a 17th century novel, it reads as if it was much more modern, I agree on the realism plus the book a satire of “libros de caballeriza”
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All my real life dialogue is unrealistic
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The man goombled too hard
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