Tag: Tolstoy
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My Favorite Russians
A version of this essay was published in the Gray Matters section of the Houston Chronicle on 27 December 2015. It is impossible to explain Russia. But I have to try. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/It-is-impossible-to-explain-Russia-But-I-have-to-5979794.php?t=96073205e6&cmpid=twitter-premium via @HoustonChron I. This week I teach Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, a wild ride of a novel that gets you into the head of a…