tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538119758525687531.post6281551969697345473..comments2024-03-19T16:12:52.149-07:00Comments on my dripping brain: an intellectual on the roadTim Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02077264442946829918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538119758525687531.post-72379344438725628482014-02-03T20:19:12.776-08:002014-02-03T20:19:12.776-08:00One of the aspects of Dostoevsky's writing tha...One of the aspects of Dostoevsky's writing that has always amazed me is his ability to ease back and forth between journalistic narrative and editorial prose. He lavishes subtle shades of emotion on his characters--allowing them to sketch themselves through their own thoughts. While reading this passage, I wondered which of Dostoevsky's friends might this Stepan Trofimovitch have been based on. Perhaps a peculiar sensation of alienation, of being set apart from the crowd, was quite keenly felt by the author as well. Fyodor Mikhailovich appears in my mind's eye: he has endured a commuted death sentence, hard labor and exile and other hardships. He knows what it is to be mired in the mud. And yet, his is a brilliant mind on a level with the elite. A keen psychologist, his writing forms a bridge between various characters, voices, ideas and ideals, creating a microcosm unique to each of his books--now these, indeed, leave an unmistakable imprint on the souls of his readers.Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.com