Dostoevsky Subway Murals in Moscow

August 10, 2010

NPR reports on the controversial Moscow subway murals depicting violent scenes from Dostoevsky’s books – and the public concern that the murals will make people “afraid to ride the subway.” (via Book Bench)

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