White Nights

Read it in one night. It's a dark, romantic dreamscape about "the one that got away". It's seemingly told from the perspective of a lonely young man, but in reality I believe it comes from the imagination of the old man whose own relationship has since become stale and mundane, as if his own wife could have instead run off just as he fell in love with her.

This is a book about a baseball nut named Gulash. He has a gross rash that prevented him from playing for the Georgia Peaches legendary baseball team after college. The rash wasn't contagious but no one cared. It was gross and Gulash was always scratching it and then touching things. So they got rid of him. One day he goes to a tag sale and this wise, little, old Chinese woman gives him an old prescription strength tube of cortisone. On the way home he is thinking about popcorn and lottery tickets and he drives straight into a chicken coop. The rooster goes berserk and his final moments are spent in a car being attacked by a mob of irate chickens who go to the bathroom everywhere. But he isn't itchy. He dies in peace surrounded by chaos and feathers. You will like this book!

It is a must read and truly an emotional ride being introduced to the main character. Who is very expressive with his thoughts in a way I’ve never heard of. Not only is the book short but I’ve heard that it’s a great book to get into before starting the others

The cover was so pretty although the book is thin. By far my favorite book I’ve read so far.

I love Dostoyevsky and Russian authors in general, if you really want to read a book that will completely annihilate your spirit, look no further. This horribly beautiful story is sure to haunt you. Incredibly sad, but also remarkably beautiful in its own unique way. I would maybe not start with this book if you’re just getting into Dostoyevsky but it is a bit easier to digest than crime and punishment or the brothers karamazov.