A copy of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" has lain on Boris's shelves for some years, and we resumed reading this the other day. Our earlier reading had, due to some external development, ceased during Nastasya Filippovna's birthday party, and we are now struck by the likeness of some of the tales told at this event to the short stories of Anton Chekhov. An interesting review of "The Idiot", but not of our Wordsworth Classics translation, written by the contemporary English novelist AS Byatt is available on The Guardian's website.Tuesday, 19 April 2011
On Resuming "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A copy of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" has lain on Boris's shelves for some years, and we resumed reading this the other day. Our earlier reading had, due to some external development, ceased during Nastasya Filippovna's birthday party, and we are now struck by the likeness of some of the tales told at this event to the short stories of Anton Chekhov. An interesting review of "The Idiot", but not of our Wordsworth Classics translation, written by the contemporary English novelist AS Byatt is available on The Guardian's website.
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