Vladimir
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Janet Fitch:
Dear Mrs. Fitch, Kurt Vonnegut wrote somewhere: "Everything one has to know about life is written in The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky". Do you agree with this point of view? Thanks.
Janet Fitch
Hi Vladimir!
I think so much of the extremes of human emotion exist in Dostoyevsky, he gets the whole breadth of the piano. But he does like to play the high and the low notes and isn't as good on the middle octave, the subtler dailiness. Put him together with Joyce, say, Ulysses, you could probably recreate human existence. Thanks for the great question! And happy holidays. All best, Janet
I think so much of the extremes of human emotion exist in Dostoyevsky, he gets the whole breadth of the piano. But he does like to play the high and the low notes and isn't as good on the middle octave, the subtler dailiness. Put him together with Joyce, say, Ulysses, you could probably recreate human existence. Thanks for the great question! And happy holidays. All best, Janet
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Rachael
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Janet Fitch:
Janet, I'm looking for the most comprehensive collection of Russian/Slavic folklore, mythology, fairy tales, etc., but translated into English. I'm hopeful that in doing your research for your latest book you've read something like this? I keep coming across reimaginings, or mini-anthologies, or heavily edited versions of stories that are highly sanitized and less pagan than they ought to be. Any recommendations?
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