I like this a lot better than Kafka's The Trial. Crime is a lot more interesting and it doesn't seem as tedious to sit down and read it, even if it is just about 100000000 pages longer.
~kd
Out of Sheer Curiosity...
16 years ago
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
didn't we read this already?
I don't know if anyone else feels the same way, but I am getting an extreme The Trial vibes from Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. I was talking to Kyla about it.. and she made a sweeping generalization by saying, "It's Russian literature; they're going to seem like that." (Sorry Kyla, if this post is offensive in any way.) As far as I know, it makes a lot of sense. But then again, I'm thinking those are the only two pieces of Russian lit that I've ever read.
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Your details are sketchy but the idea is excellent--both seem to work under extremely oppressive atmospheres and the figures are both REALLY paranoid. Great observation, KD.
thanks.
Actually, Kafka was born in Austria-Hungary... so he spoke German, not Russian. I do agree that The Trial has a very similar feeling to Crime and Punishment... they were both translated into English-- so it could have something to do with that... but I agree with JJ; both novels probably seem the same because they work under oppressive atmosphere's and both characters are paranoid.
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