> I have not found an American novelist who would be anywhere near Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. I haven't found any Europeans either. Of course all this is art, thus

> I have not found an American novelist who would be anywhere near Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. I haven't found any Europeans either. Of course all this is art, thus a matter of personal perception, but D. and T. are the best authors I've came across so far. I find the depth of D's characters breathtaking.