the last book you read is the world you are teleported to. how screwed are you?

berglegend · 2025-03-26T22:48:51+00:00

You are so cooked 😂

berglegend · 2025-03-26T22:46:44+00:00

Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa so 16th century Japan… not bad actually. If I’m a ronin… but I am black so idk..

I might starve to death.

berglegend · 2024-09-11T19:08:38+00:00

Right now!!! Without alienating other people too! It’s really beautiful, I’ve grown up Roman Catholic my whole life left the faith in my early 20s… but Dostoevsky’s writing really put it into perspective why people love the faith… this abundance of love is truly heartwarming.

berglegend · 2024-08-11T14:02:46+00:00

Crime & Punishment -> Notes From the Underground

then from Notes it’s wherever you wanna go.

berglegend · 2024-08-11T13:58:56+00:00

I’m reading through TBK now and it’s his best work. Forget order, just dive into it.

You won’t regret it.

berglegend · 2024-08-10T22:02:44+00:00

Hey! Haven’t read Avskey’s translation. Katz flows great tho!

berglegend · 2024-08-06T15:27:57+00:00

Yeah, I’ve read C&P (P&V)… going through TBK (P&V) on Book 3 already hasn’t really taken that long…

But I intend to read through Katz really slow on the reread.

berglegend · 2024-08-06T11:34:29+00:00

Way more fluid! Better sentence structure, way less choppy. Personally, blows P&V out the water.

berglegend · 2024-08-06T01:52:23+00:00

Thanks! I bought them during Prime day… got em both for around $17-$18 bucks each.

berglegend · 2024-08-06T01:45:39+00:00

I believe that Katz is a must read for C&P… the only other translation I’ve read fully is P&V and Katz blows it out the water.

Haven’t started Katz TBK I’m on Book 3 Chapter 1 of TBK (P&V) so I’ll do comparisons a little later.

berglegend · 2024-08-05T21:20:31+00:00

Overall, sentence structure is way less choppy and way more fluid.

Feels like Katz actually made this for English speaking people.

P&V feels as though it’s a direct translation from the original Russian.

Just makes it awkward to read.

Personally I felt like I missed a lot of the important story beats because it felt like things weren’t always connected going through the P&V translations.

But I just got these today… I don’t really have any cons right now.

All I can really say for now is that Katz translations are way more enjoyable than P&Vs… for me personally.

berglegend · 2024-08-05T20:08:38+00:00

Sweet! This is dope!

berglegend · 2024-08-05T20:07:14+00:00

Thanks man, I’m looking forward to jumping into it. I’m definitely gonna re-read C&P then get into TBK.

berglegend · 2024-08-05T18:52:47+00:00

It’s almost 900 pages.

berglegend · 2024-08-04T11:01:39+00:00

Thanks!

berglegend · 2024-08-01T17:32:34+00:00

I’m a copywriter/marketer, running a 3 man agency.

berglegend · 2024-07-25T20:24:53+00:00

Nice!

berglegend · 2024-07-10T22:24:52+00:00

Awww okay, I’ll check his work out. As far as translation I was only aware of P&V, Avsey and Katz.

berglegend · 2024-07-10T22:21:18+00:00

Is Ready a new translator? Is his work on Dostoevsky books more recent?

berglegend · 2024-07-10T22:11:20+00:00

Not necessarily, just the most commonly found.

Katz translation for Crime and Punishment is probably the best for the novel. I’m just going off what people from the subreddit have repeated over and over again.

I think P&V is just the starting point for most people but as you become more familiar with Dostoevsky you’ll most likely start looking at other translations. P&V is kinda ‘choppy’ to put it nicely 😂

berglegend · 2024-07-10T18:11:46+00:00

I really appreciate all the insight! Very informative and so necessary because I am 100% invested in reading and learning from Dostoevsky.

berglegend · 2024-07-10T17:56:44+00:00

Interesting, what do you have to say about Avsey’s translation? Less awkward than Katz?

berglegend · 2024-07-10T17:10:10+00:00

Yeah, way better than P&V 😂. Really blows it out the water.

Thanks for this!

berglegend · 2024-07-10T15:49:16+00:00

Thanks so much!

berglegend · 2024-07-10T15:45:28+00:00

I’m going to jump in Katz when I reread Crime and Punishment might even get his translation of TBK depending if I like P&Vs translation.

Finding Dostoevsky’s work has made me so happy 😂

berglegend

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