Pierre Pascal's "Dostoevskii" Summary and Impressions - A compact biography of Dostoevsky from a Christian perspective.
Today we introduce Pierre Pascal's "Dostoevskyi," translated by Kaori Kawabata, published by Jordan.
Pierre Pascal, born in 1890, is a professor emeritus at the Sorbonne University in France, famous for his research on Russian literature, Russian peasant culture, and the Old and Separatist Christians.
What makes this author's biography unique is its focus on the relationship between Dostoevsky and religion. Let's take a look at the translator's afterword.
This study, a volume in the Les Écrivains devant Dieu series by Pierre Pascal, is a small volume but does not overstate the relationship between Dostoevsky and God and Dostoevsky and Christianity, making use of little-known sources. (omitted).
Dostoevsky in this "Writers and Humanity" series is a handy introduction in the best sense of the word, focusing on the issues of God, Christ, and religion. It is impossible to discuss Dostoevsky without discussing God and Christ, but this is a good "textbook" for Japanese readers and researchers who are generally not familiar with these issues.
Translation by Kaori Kawabata, published by Jordan, p. 220 in Pierre Pascal's Dostoevsky.
Pierre Pascal's biography consistently discusses Dostoevsky and Christianity from a Christian perspective.
This is what makes it very different from the biographies we have presented so far.
In his biography, Pierre Pascal will examine how Dostoevsky was influenced by Christianity.
To understand Dostoevsky, an understanding of Christianity is inevitable. However, surprisingly few biographies focus on Christianity. This may be because they are inevitably biased in their viewpoints.
I can't say for sure, but Pierre Pascal's biography seems to me to be a good introduction to the relationship between Dostoevsky and Christianity, as mentioned in the translator's afterword.
The biography is also reasonably priced, with only about 150 pages of text. Although the volume is a little short for learning about Dostoevsky's life in detail, it may be just right for use as a supplementary reference book in combination with other biographies.
This biography is highly recommended for anyone interested in Dostoevsky and religion.
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