Hardcover, 944 pages
Published March 31, 2007 by Anaconda Verlag.
Nach einem Sanatoriumsaufenthalt kehrt der kindlich-naive und an Epilepsie leidende Fürst Myschkin nach Rußland zurück. Sein demütiges und mitleidendes Wesen wirkt anziehend auf seine von Schmerz, Schuld und Bosheit geprägte Umgebung. Immer weiter verstrickt er sich in die Ränkespiele um die schöne Nastasja und seinen Rivalen Rogoschin. Neben Cervantes’ Don Quijote und Dickens’ Mr Pickwick gehört der tragikomische Held aus Dostojewskis drittem Roman als Verkörperung des Sittlich-Schönen zu den großen idealistischen Figuren der Weltliteratur.
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).
