erock's review of Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I believe Cypress Hill said it best when they said "Here is one thing you can't understand...how I could just kill a man."
So true, so true.
That is, until reading this book.
I'm not a communist, nor do I think very highly of Russia, what with their tundras, meltdowns, and backwards R's. Not to mention their furry hats. I get it, it's cold, but really, you just look goofy in that hat. Did you ever see that episode of Cops-In Moscow? Exactly.
I also think people who think that Dostoevsky is the greatest ever are boorish snobs. Ha. Boorish.
Anyway, this book can be described with the following word: Incredible.
I can't say that this book changed my life or anything, I mean if it did, then I may have murdered someone. But an incredible look into someone, seemingly stable and normal, who for a moment in time, loses focus, kills, and then is left to deal with their new reality.
Insane in the membrane.
So true, so true.
That is, until reading this book.
I'm not a communist, nor do I think very highly of Russia, what with their tundras, meltdowns, and backwards R's. Not to mention their furry hats. I get it, it's cold, but really, you just look goofy in that hat. Did you ever see that episode of Cops-In Moscow? Exactly.
I also think people who think that Dostoevsky is the greatest ever are boorish snobs. Ha. Boorish.
Anyway, this book can be described with the following word: Incredible.
I can't say that this book changed my life or anything, I mean if it did, then I may have murdered someone. But an incredible look into someone, seemingly stable and normal, who for a moment in time, loses focus, kills, and then is left to deal with their new reality.
Insane in the membrane.
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What a simplistic view on Russian literature! Great Russian classics have NOTHING to do with the establishment of the communist goulag! Of course the Slavic sensitivity is way out of reach for westerners! And I'm not Slavic, believe me, but enjoy a well-written novel in a GOOD translation!
