{"id":776,"date":"2009-02-09T10:35:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T10:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2009\/02\/09\/the-brothers-karamazov-deathmarch-your-very-personal-exhortation\/"},"modified":"2009-02-09T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T10:35:52","slug":"the-brothers-karamazov-deathmarch-your-very-personal-exhortation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2009\/02\/09\/the-brothers-karamazov-deathmarch-your-very-personal-exhortation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brothers Karamazov Deathmarch: Your Very Personal Exhortation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLife goes better with Russian lit and magnets. To prove that point, on 2\/18 a group of us are kicking off “The Brothers Karamazov Deathmarch.” And this, right here, is your personal exhortation to join in.
\nA bit of history<\/b>
\nAbout four years ago, a gaggle of ‘marchers tackled Thomas Pynchon\u2019s Gravity\u2019s Rainbow,<\/i> a book I was so scared of, the sight of an actual rainbow could make me weep.
\nBut we made it through. Dizzy from the experience, we followed up with Pale Fire,<\/i> Don Quixote,<\/i> To the Lighthouse,<\/i> At Swim-Two-Birds,<\/i> and Against the Day.<\/i> Then we stopped for a bit, and not too long after that the economy tanked.
\nNow we’re switching the DM<\/b><\/a> machine back on for a book that an inebriated friend recently promised “contains the answers to all life’s questions.” And that’s gotta be true. Because he promised.
\nHow it works + FAQ<\/b>
\nStarting 2\/18, I’ll post here every Wednesday morning with the 50-60 page target for the week (digestible bites designed for rich-mulling). Comment on each week’s post and make it through, and you get a custom-designed “I Survived ‘The Brothers Karamazov Deathmarch'” magnet.
\nWhich version?<\/i> We picked the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation<\/a>\"\"<\/b>, a beaut, and a bargain at $12.24. Feel free to read another if you won’t be flummoxed by the “what page are we on again?” factor.
\nOK to re-read?<\/i> Sure — just be kind and avoid pre-commenting or taunting first-timers like me.
\nShould comments be well thought out theses or monosyllabic bleats?<\/i> The machine gratefully accepts all kinds. Wisdom is swell, but not required. And no points allocated for character count.
\nWhat next?<\/i> Pick the book up and hold off reading till the starting post on 2\/18 shouts out the page target for Week 1….
\nWe’d love to have you along — the more the marchier. If you plan on diving in, take a sec to shout out in the comments. Any questions, drop me a note<\/a><\/b>. And please feel free to help spread the word via modern “tweet\/blog\/FB” technology.
\nLooking forward to the march. Seems like a great season to spend time with something a little bit timeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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