{"id":778,"date":"2009-02-18T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T11:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2009\/02\/18\/the-brothers-karamazov-deathmarch-week-1\/"},"modified":"2009-02-18T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T11:15:37","slug":"the-brothers-karamazov-deathmarch-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2009\/02\/18\/the-brothers-karamazov-deathmarch-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brothers Karamazov Deathmarch, Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWelcome to the launch of “The Brothers Karamazov Deathmarch” — a collective exploration of the Fyodorovich family and their tale told in four parts over twelve books that are really two novels, plus: an epilogue. And did I mention it was originally written in another language?!
\nBased on last week’s comments,<\/b><\/a> this could be the largest literary deathmarch we’ve launched. I’m really curious how many folks will make it through. But I have no doubts about you — I can tell you’re the sort of person who successfully completes literary deathmarches. That’s part of your charm and you don’t have to feel bad about it. Some people are born with laser vision.
\nHere’s a brief recap of how this thing works:
\nEveryone’s welcome to join — this is the official start, so if you didn’t post last week, not to worry — feel free to jump in here. Each Wednesday I’ll post a new entry (Week 1, Week 2, Week 3…) with our page count target (in the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation<\/a>\"\"<\/b>) for that week. We’re starting with around 50 pages\/week and may speed up to 60 or 70 pages\/week, but likely not much more than that.
\nComment on each week’s post, make it through to the end, and you’ve qualified for your very own “I Survived the Brothers Karamazov Deathmarch” magnet, complete with ferromagnetic attractors. Comments can be profound. Or less so. You can comment before you read that week’s section as a “here I go!” or after you’re done, as a sort of after-meal mint. Believe it or not, “I’m 200 pages behind and I lost my book!” counts as a comment. I know. Crazy.
\nYou might be tempted to read past the target but try not to get too far down the road — part of the fun is the slow-go. If you’ve zipped ahead, be sure not to get past that week’s reading in your comments.
\nAnd that’s the whole shpiel. Barkeep, if you could get me one of those extra-Russian Russian tea cookies in a to-go bag? I’ll see ya on the trail….
\n-Cecil
\nNext Wednesday:<\/b> Let’s meet up at the end of Book Two, Chapter 4, where Aloyosha appears to be “right, very right.”
\n(which is to say: please use this Week 1 thread for comments on pages 0-59; aim to finish reading that section and shout out here by end o’ day Tuesday)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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