 | By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Ignat Avsey Binding: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN: 0140446583 ISBN-13: 9780140446586 Released: 25 Jan 2007 RRP: Average Rating:  |
However, with the passage of time, my judgement of Foma mellowed & I thought the book could do with a second reading. Of course Foma Fomich is a caricature. To some extent, I think we alll have similar characters in our own lives. It is somebody we initiallly give respect for fulfilling a specific role in our lives. Perhaps it's a schoolmistress or headmaster, a pop star, a footballl manager, a university language teacher or even an ex-prime-minister. It's somebody with whom our initial contact is quite straightforward, in a clearly defined role, but then we put him or her up onto a sort of pedestal of reverent respect. They let it go to their head & become pompous & arrogant & start making pronouncements well outside their original remit. A sort of surrogate parent-child relationship develops. If we're not careful such people can start to dominate our lives, unless we take a firm stance & let them know their limits.
Well worth a second read. Thanks to Ignat Avsey for this translation.
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