Netochka Nezvanova - ‘Nameless Nobody’
Published on July 1, 2006
I just started reading this short book by Dostoyevsky and once again I am amazed by his writing. For some reason I can really relate to the characters that he creates. They seem to be closer to the truth as far as what they think and why they do the things that they do. There are also some interesting observations on the life of the struggling artist. I highly recommend reading it. (The Penguin Classics version translated by Jane Kentish is pretty good. Sometimes the translation can make or break a book.)
Another great short story is The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, it was what really got me hooked on Dostoyevsky.