http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/ Wed, 16 May 2012 22:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-41596 Friday Hodgepodge « Letters from Alaska Fri, 06 May 2011 20:59:23 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-41596 [...] Even if you don’t relish Russian novels, or 12-hour theater performances, I still think you’ll get some laughs out of this several-part review by Elif Batuman for The Paris Review blog. I wouldn’t normally put “Dostoevsky” and “side-splittingly funny” in the same sentence, but here it is. [...] [...] Even if you don’t relish Russian novels, or 12-hour theater performances, I still think you’ll get some laughs out of this several-part review by Elif Batuman for The Paris Review blog. I wouldn’t normally put “Dostoevsky” and “side-splittingly funny” in the same sentence, but here it is. [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-40373 Flying Fortress | MY LIFE AND THOUGHTS Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:54:10 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-40373 [...] Terry Southern Prize for Humor from the Paris Review (for a five-installment blog post titled My Twelve-Hour Blind Date with Dostoevsky). Sadly, I was unable to accept the award in person at the Paris Review Revel, which coincided with [...] [...] Terry Southern Prize for Humor from the Paris Review (for a five-installment blog post titled My Twelve-Hour Blind Date with Dostoevsky). Sadly, I was unable to accept the award in person at the Paris Review Revel, which coincided with [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Theater Review of The Demons, directed by Peter Stein | Open Letters Monthly - an Arts and Literature Review Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:17:31 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-884 [...] Elif was exhausted. She had just flown in from California for a friend’s wedding and was writing a minute-by-minute account of the show for The Paris [...] [...] Elif was exhausted. She had just flown in from California for a friend’s wedding and was writing a minute-by-minute account of the show for The Paris [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Debra Ramsay » Blog Archive » Summer Vicarious Adventure Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:39:08 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-655 [...] of course it would be a 4 part article) by Elif Batuman, writing for the Paris Review Daily, here. It’s a great read and if you too have misgivings about not attending the performance…I [...] [...] of course it would be a 4 part article) by Elif Batuman, writing for the Paris Review Daily, here. It’s a great read and if you too have misgivings about not attending the performance…I [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Humming the Lyrics › Wrestling with Demons Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:29:34 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-620 [...] “My 12-Hour Blind Date, With Dostoevsky” is a five part account of Ms. Batuman’s experience at an epic Italian-language staging of Dostoevsky’s Demons, part of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival. She begins with waiting for the ferry to Governor’s Island at 9:15 in the morning, and ends when she falls asleep in her cab at 11:35 that night. Along the way, we get a minute-by-minute description of the experience, from the bathrooms to the meals to the performance itself and the audience’s increasingly manic reaction to it. [...] [...] “My 12-Hour Blind Date, With Dostoevsky” is a five part account of Ms. Batuman’s experience at an epic Italian-language staging of Dostoevsky’s Demons, part of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival. She begins with waiting for the ferry to Governor’s Island at 9:15 in the morning, and ends when she falls asleep in her cab at 11:35 that night. Along the way, we get a minute-by-minute description of the experience, from the bathrooms to the meals to the performance itself and the audience’s increasingly manic reaction to it. [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-612 In Which I Am Forgiven By Elif Batuman « Seductive Banter Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:27:52 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-612 [...] I recently posted the following: “At the Paris Review Daily, Elif Batuman walks us through part one of HIS 12-hour blind date with Dostoevsky. (via Book Bench)” (emphasis [...] [...] I recently posted the following: “At the Paris Review Daily, Elif Batuman walks us through part one of HIS 12-hour blind date with Dostoevsky. (via Book Bench)” (emphasis [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Many happy returns | My Life and Thoughts Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:00:50 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-611 [...] Island.  I urge you all to check out the riveting minute-by-minute account, “My Twelve-Hour Blind Date, With Dostoevsky,” on the Paris Review blog, in four installments plus an Epilogue that just went up [...] [...] Island.  I urge you all to check out the riveting minute-by-minute account, “My Twelve-Hour Blind Date, With Dostoevsky,” on the Paris Review blog, in four installments plus an Epilogue that just went up [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Puppy + Paris Review « Tales of that tall asian girl Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:42:37 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-604 [...] already (but chances are…you haven’t), go and read Elif Batum’s “My 12-Hour Blind Date, With Dostoevsky” on The Paris review website, a four-part review of the infamous 12-hour play. It’s [...] [...] already (but chances are…you haven’t), go and read Elif Batum’s “My 12-Hour Blind Date, With Dostoevsky” on The Paris review website, a four-part review of the infamous 12-hour play. It’s [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Monday Medley « No Pun Intended Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:02:46 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-597 [...] We can think of nothing better than spending a 12-hour blind date with Dostoevsky. [...] [...] We can think of nothing better than spending a 12-hour blind date with Dostoevsky. [...]

]]> http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/13/my-12-hour-blind-date-with-dostoevsky/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Friday Finds « green april Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:13:15 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2426#comment-563 [...] sat through a 12-hour retelling of Dostoevsky’s Demons in Italian, which she calls a “blind date.” I would love to have a blind date with Dostoevsky, as long as we met in a well-lit and [...] [...] sat through a 12-hour retelling of Dostoevsky’s Demons in Italian, which she calls a “blind date.” I would love to have a blind date with Dostoevsky, as long as we met in a well-lit and [...]

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