Fyodor Dostoevsky: El idiota (Spanish language, 2013, Debolsillo)
786 pages
Spanish language
Published 2013 by Debolsillo.
"Tras retratar magistralmente la figura culpable en Crimen y castigo, Dostoievski ahonda en El idiota en el alma torturada de un hombre inocente. El joven y piadoso príncipe Mishkin regresa a su Rusia natal de un sanatorio suizo donde ha estado varios años para recibir una herencia y "mezclarse con la gente". Sin embargo, en San Petersburgo solo le aguarda una sociedad obsesionada con el dinero, el poder y la manipulación que pondrá a prueba su moral y sus puros sentimientos. Antes de llegar a su destino conoce al inquietante Rogozhin, hijo de un acaudalado mercader, cuya fijación por la hermosa Nastasia Filíppovna acabará por arrastrar a los tres protagonistas a un fatal desenlace."--Amazon.
Got about a third through and realized there are so many books in the world that are not boring or written by christian supremacist, anti-semitic, nationalistic schmucks. I think I'll go read one of them.
Great work!
Although reading it was a bit tedious sometimes and it took me about a month to finish, it is really worth it. Many times I had to put down the book and reflect about what I just read and it's deeper meaning. A book that made me think and grateful.
It certainly takes some effort to get through this book, but it's worth it. Nothing much seems to happen and some parts are quite tedious (e.g. some of the long speeches), but in the end, I found I wanted to read through to see what would happen to the prince and the other characters next.
However, the story did sometimes get confusing due to the large array of characters that are frequently called by different names (according to the Slavic customs) and the quite archaic English translation (I was certainly happy with the built-in dictionary of my e-reader).
