John Jolley
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Some of the characters in “The Brothers Karamazov” rank all the way up there with Shakespeare’s creations, but it isn’t dominated by a single protagonist like Hamlet or Othello, Karl Ove Knausgaard writes. It is the opposite: a collective novel. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NqJked
The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for?
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November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Some of the characters in “The Brothers Karamazov” rank all the way up there with Shakespeare’s creations, but it isn’t dominated by a single protagonist like Hamlet or Othello, Karl Ove Knausgaard writes. It is the opposite: a collective novel. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NqJked
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.