Dostoyevsky's

It is difficult to imagine American students today, even at elite universities, gathering impromptu at midnight for a passionate discussion of big, challenging literary works like Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov ...

Literary Study 2009

• The play, based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel about aspiring revolutionaries in late 19th-century Russia, was performed in Italian with English supertitles.

The Show Must Go On (and On) Ellen Gamerman 2010

Instead, he pulls a well-thumbed copy of Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" from his briefcase.

Joseph Cao, the unlikely congressman from New Orleans Steve Hendrix 2010

On any given page you may find Mr. Miller taking you through Dostoyevsky's "Underground Man," Slavic word roots, television's "The Wire" and of course his beloved Icelandic sagas.

Raging Against Aging Henry Allen 2011

The major influences for David James Duncan's massive second novel are contained in the title: the "K" is an allusion both to Dostoyevsky's Karamazovs and to the way a strikeout is noted on a scorecard.

Taking Fiction Out to the Ballgame Allen Barra 2011

To be sure, short attention spans need not apply for "The Demons," director Peter Stein's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel.

The Theater of Patience 2010

The number of bodies that pile up -- in the wake of a town-destroying fire -- is akin to a Shakespeare tragedy or, more to the point, is keenly characteristic of Dostoyevsky's obsessive themes.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Peter Stein Scores with Dostoyevsky's The Demons for 12 Hours! 2010

To a man and a woman, they vivify Dostoyevsky's wildly diverse and possessed-by-inner-demons figures.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Peter Stein Scores with Dostoyevsky's The Demons for 12 Hours! 2010

Dostoyevsky's statement sounds like a mandate of sadistic curiosity that seems to define the media's attitude to the mysterious unraveling of Joaquin Phoenix.

Joaquin the Koan 2010

Finally I gave a small, weak wave of the paw, like Dostoyevsky's timid little mouse from behind his stove.

The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 12 2010