Two centuries after publishing Crime and Punishment, we still live in a Dostoevsky world. His novels are read all around the globe – they inspire rap songs, help American black people fight police repression and make readers ‘face their true self’. Today Dostoevsky is the most translated Russian writer in the world. Modern artists transform his books into plays, pieces of art and performances, changing form but never the essence of the novels. One can say Dostoevsky is a universal writer. Aren’t we all his heroes?
