18 January 2008
But Levin did not shoot himself or hang himself and went on living.
As most extradordinary classic literature, Anna Karenina is a study in light and dark. It doesn't seem as starkly good vs. evil as some novels do; more like the good vs. the hateful. And faith vs. fear. And purposeful vs. purposeless. I finally finished reading it today as I was eating my sandwich in the Subway(TM). I basically started crying so I would say that yes it is a good book.
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You should read The Idiot. I love Russian lit.
I read most of the Idiot once and then I forgot to finish it somehow. My favorite russian novel so far is the Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky is pretty amazing.
update: i shared a section of this book with my class and one of my students wants to read it. however she wants to read it in spanish. anybody know of a good spanish translation of Anna Karenina?
I'm sure you can find it either at one of the chain bookstores or a Spanish bookstore in the area. Worst case, always online.
Dostoevsky is probably my favorite author, which crap, reminds me, I forgot to buy the next book I wanted to read by him the other day when I was at the store with my gift card. Hmph!
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