The Idiot - Blog Posts
continuing this one today! i'm still on 10% but really enjoying it. it's funny and brings some good questions to think about.
other than that, i apply for next semester's classes. hope i'll be accepted at all of them.
i'm trying to think more about the projects i'd like to work on.
i hope it rains today. 🌧
THE IDIOT; ELIF BATUMAN
I recently started reading "The Idiot" by ELIF BATUMAN. And so far, it's been brilliant. The protagonist- full or intelligence and dry remarks, is absolutely a compelling presence in the back of your head as you move forward within the book!
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life / Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot / Donna Tartt, The Secret History
sometimes I'm just nastasya filipovna because I'm born with this body, mind and soul. and i need a prince myshkin to love me beyond my flaws, my rotten body, my sins, and mistakes for being born this way.
he tells you “you’re beautiful”, but when Prince Myshkin said when Nastasya asked himÂ
“Will you love me for as I am, nothing?”Â
“I will, Nastasya Filippovna”
In that face... there is so much suffering,
Prince Myshkin; The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky