Interabang Books co-owner Lori Feathers organized a collective read of Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ weeks before Russia’s attack on Ukraine began.
Co-owner of Dallas' Interabang Books launching collective read of Dostoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov.'Also, Feathers said the podcast that she co-hosts with Sam Jordison has had an increase in downloads, doubling to nearly 300 last week., which dropped Feb. 22, Feathers and Jordison were joined by American author Lan Samantha Chang, whose most recent novel,. Feathers came up with the idea of the collective read after reading Chang’s novel.
Dostoevsky’s novel takes place in Imperial Russia while Chang’s story focuses on a Chinese American family in modern-day Wisconsin.tells the story of three brothers and their father, a despotic, greedy and lecherous man. His mysterious death leads to a trial and prompts difficult questions about morality and guilt.
The collective read will use a translated version by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, who are known for their collaborative English translations of Russian literature. The original novel was 364,000-plus words. The translated version is about 206,000 words.
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