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Dostoevskian

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prop. adj.1.of or pertaining to Fyodor Dostoevski.
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Adj.1.Dostoevskian - of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
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Yet--maybe because I could feel m yself literally growing old during the six-hour screening--I bristled at its pretentious appropriation of Mozart's music and short, tragic life (recounted by a teary narrator) as an allegory of human suffering, and its grandiose Dostoevskian declamations.
"Antagonisms": Museu D'Art contemporani de Barcelona by Meyer, James / Artforum International
It's just that this Dostoevskian chamber piece, about a reclusive death camp survivor who uses puppets to re-enact the appalling crimes that the Nazis visited on humanity, has the power to move and unsettle an audience in purely visual terms.
PULLING HEART STRINGS POWER OF 'THE PUPPETMASTER OF LODZ' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
I have committed the ultimate crime of being a landlord and will receive the just punishment I deserve in our Dostoevskian city.
Fines and court appearances: just taking care of business by Campenni, Thomas F. / Real Estate Weekly
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