NP quick Dostoyevsky question
kelber at mindspring.com
kelber at mindspring.com
Sun Aug 26 16:16:15 CDT 2007
Pentalocation's clearly the way to go. Read all five volumes simultaneously, becoming all-knowing in quicktime (at least where Dostoyevsky is concerned).
Laura
-----Original Message-----
>From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>
>Even if I could get them out of the store I'd have to find time to
>read them. Perhaps if I bilocated myself in time as well as space
>with Icelandic spar then each part of me could read a section and
>report back- my past part would have more time, of course. .....
>back? back? Could we report back? Or would we have to report
>forward?
>
>Bekah
>
>
>At 11:22 AM -0400 8/26/07, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>I read Frank's account of Dostoyevsky's arrest while standing in a
>>bookstore (me, not Dostoevsky), and it certainly made me want to
>>read more. If there were some way I could have shop-lifted the 5
>>volumes ...
>>
>>Laura
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>>
>>>
>>>There's also a five volume biography by Joseph Frank which is
>>>"definitive," was written over a couple decades (at least) and has
>>>won several awards, but it runs to a total of more than 2500 pages
>>>so I recommend it with reservations! (lol) There are other "bios"
>>>which focus on aspects of his life and ideas but the ones I mentioned
>>>are more inclusive. The choice would depend on the level of your
>>>interest.
>>>
>>>Bekah
>
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