The Right to Be Lazy - Paul Lafargue Ronald Johnson Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky

(I only managed to buy myself a copy back then

a second-rate author whose characters ultimately rebel against him and seek vengeance

showcasing a unique talent for whom no detail was trivial

The Right to Be Lazy - Paul Lafargue Ronald Johnson DostoevskyThe Right to Be Lazy and Other Writings by Paul Lafargue, translated by Alex Andriesse, intro by Lucy Sante ISBN 9781681376820 paperback from New York Review of Books Classics, published 20202 *** The writing is vivid, pointed, hilarious. To paraphrase Elizabeth Bishop, Lafargue is scathing, but cheerful. Michael Autrey, Booklist Now in a new translation, a classic nineteenth century defense for the cause of idleness by a revolutionary writer and