Rakitin the evil monk is the true secret antihero of Brothers K Corrupting the youth, making faces behind the elder, getting friendzoned by Grushenka, handing out hoarded sausage What a journey
.. just learned about The Affair of the Sausages, is Rakitin offering Alyosha some pocket sausage a deep cut from the Swiss reformation? Can Dostoevsky write two pages without hating on some heresy? (no)
Ivan predicting exactly how Rakitin's going to sell out, running not-too-edgy socialist magazine, investing his money (evil!), the neighborhood he'll build his house Brutal roast, wonder who it was meant as a parody of
Plus, everybody in Brothers K complaining about "realism" .. from Dmitri the deranged party animal to Kolya the insufferable tween Is Dostoevsky joking? Is he screwing with critics who complain his novels are unrealistic, just dressed-up allegories? Or the reverse?
Plus, everybody in Brothers K complaining about "realism" .. from Dmitri the deranged party animal to Kolya the insufferable tween
Is Dostoevsky joking? Is he screwing with critics who complain his novels are unrealistic, just dressed-up allegories? Or the reverse?