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Originally Posted by Laz116
I am reading the Idiot, by Dostoyevsky. I haven't read any of him for the past 15 years. But damn it's good.
Melodrama: Yes
Action: Yes
Existential meaning: Yes yes yes.
It sucks you in and won't let go because it's just so exciting. And still it want to do something more.
This is better than Dan Brown or Stieg Larsson in terms of suspense and on every other level they are the butt of the joke.
This is the real deal.
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I am staying clear of Mr. Brown and Hr. Larsson, but you made me want to try Dostojevkij - but given he's Russion, I wondered if I shouldn't try a Danish translation rather than an English? It would depend on the quality of the translation though, but it does seem awkward to read a translation into something that is after all a secondary language of mine.