Eric's review
The House of the Dead (Dover Thrift Editions.)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Eric's review
The House of the Dead (Dover Thrift Editions.) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Eric's review
rating:
recommended for: Those who want to read the father of Siberian imprisonment stories
Please mentally add a half star to my rating. Skipped Poor Folks because I couldn't find it and began my travail of reading all of FD's novels with this one. As can be imagined, it had similarities with Ivan Denysovic (but covered 10 years instead of one day) and Kolyma Tales (although FD seemed to actually enjoy the stay). The fictionalized version of FD's term in a Siberian prison, he covered the many hardships endured and provided wonderful characterizations of the varied convicts he served with. As is usual with FD, he finds a glimmer of hope within the dregs of mankind and he then goes on to make an impassioned case against capital punishment.
