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The prose is excellent, and the many characters, what they do and what they think, are beautifully described. However, I thought much of the characters and actions seem not relevant and I could not get what is the point of including them. This may largely be my being unfamiliar with Russian society, politics, and religion. I could not quite get what the central theme(s) is, until I read the introduction to the book which sheds some light and describes the parallels between the protagonist and Ch
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