tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121927043514599763.post8042007655869780509..comments2021-09-26T06:52:21.180-05:00Comments on Backwoods Crazy Quilt: Book Review-Fyodor DostoevskyLisa Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567160304529796810noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121927043514599763.post-5278714264493278652012-03-05T16:31:36.098-06:002012-03-05T16:31:36.098-06:00Mine was translated by Andrew R. McAndrew, which t...Mine was translated by Andrew R. McAndrew, which tells me nothing!:) Did you like the story when you read it?Lisa Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567160304529796810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121927043514599763.post-16950276334669339582012-03-05T12:21:41.640-06:002012-03-05T12:21:41.640-06:00I have liked some things that Leithart has written...I have liked some things that Leithart has written, but it seems to me that the best biography of Dostoyevsky would have to be written by someone with a Russian or Orthodox understanding. I wonder if there is such a one.<br />I have only completed one of F.D.'s novels, but recently when I decided to read The Brothers Karamozov again and finish it this time (my husband and I read 3/4 of it aloud together 20 yrs ago) I discovered the debate about which translation is best, and I think I want to read the one by Larissa Volokhonsky. Then it would be fascinating to read other translations. My, don't I have big ideas. Who translated the one you are going to read?GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.com