“The best novel ever written. Highlights include Ivan's passionate (and still relevant) embrace of nihilism, the comedic scene where everyone's trying to ignore the decay of Zosima's body, and the satirical depiction of Dmitri's trial.
May require some basic knowledge of Russian culture and Orthodox Christianity to fully appreciate, but you should really go learn this anyway.”
capybara wrote this review Sunday, June 24 2007.
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