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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