Day One Hundred and Fifty
Cities of the Plain Page: 292
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Page: 60
So all three books are sad. depressing even. They are tragic and drearily ornate. If you read them, I recommend reading for the pleasure of the process more than the pleasure of the story. Unless of course you enjoy being depressed.
I tried to read Dostoevsky’s imposing novel more than ten years ago when I first got consumed by Russian Literature. I didn’t make it through then and I’m mildly worried now. I finished War & Peace but not Karamazov and Everyman’s went and set in 7 point font.
Book club night and Amy and I were having a good discussion despite being interupted several times by customers. Shocking I know. Then we were grilled by a guy who drifted by after his own book club meeting. Apparently he was disappointed by his discussion. Among other things he asked what some of the themes of the book were and after I told him that it centered on the irresistibility of Divine Grace he wanted to know if it also had any “universal” themes. As politely as possible I said “Umm yeah, irresistible Grace…”