NSR: Literature thread

Discussion in 'Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, & the former Soviet Repu' started by yasik19, Nov 2, 2007.

  1. loden

    loden Member

    Jan 2, 2005
    Forest Hills, NY
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    Why? When I did a lot of drugs I liked Trainspotting too, but when I sobered up I realized that movie was just okay.
     
  2. loden

    loden Member

    Jan 2, 2005
    Forest Hills, NY
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    Any Clive Barker fans here? I read The Great and Secret Show, followed by Everville, followed by Imajica, and just couldn't stop.
     
  3. Dmitriy

    Dmitriy Member

    Oct 21, 2004
    Chicago
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    I like it for the characters and writing, not the drug use. I can't relate to Heroin addiction, which was just the movies backdrop btw.
     
  4. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
    Hollywood, FL, United States
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    Ukraine
    I had a very strange week-end. I started it by re-reading Bulgakov's "Белая Гвардия" (partially inspired by obtaining a full copy of the 4-part Russian TV movie) and ended it by reading a downloaded copy of the Hunger Games (likewise).
     
  5. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
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    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
    It's a difficult book to read. Might as well see the play "Dni Turbinix" which is based on that novel.
     
  6. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
    Hollywood, FL, United States
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    You know, I didn't find it that difficult to RE-READ (reading for the first time was tough, though). besides, with age I have come to appreciate Bulgakov's style. On a bad day, or if you're not entirely sober, it will drive you up the wall. I found it very enjoyable this time around, however.
     
  7. loden

    loden Member

    Jan 2, 2005
    Forest Hills, NY
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    FC Dynamo Kyiv
    Try this: Зазаборный Роман. (Записки пассажира.)
    http://samlib.ru/w/wladimir_g/zabor1.shtml

    You can read the whole book on that site. I read it a couple of years ago at work, it made my days go a lot faster.
     
  8. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
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    I am looking to pick up this tome. Anyone had a chance to read it? It seems to have an interesting (and very logical) perspective on the WWII outcome.
     
  9. loden

    loden Member

    Jan 2, 2005
    Forest Hills, NY
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    FC Dynamo Kyiv
  10. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
    Hollywood, FL, United States
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    FC Dynamo Kyiv
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    Hey, don't be hating on Ernest Seton-Thompson! He's a more modern Rudyard Kipling! I still maintain that "Krag, The Kootenay Ram and Other Stories" is the best wildlife story I have ever read!

    And, yes, it is John Reed, not John Reid. Tell me his "Ten Days That Shook the World" did not captivate you!

    I should have added Jack London to the list.
    Surprisingly, Lermontov wasn't among my favorite authors, despite the pressure coming from my mother, a Russian Language and Literature teacher.
     
  11. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    Jack London was interminable. I couldn't get through that shit in either language. I haven't read Reed and I had honestly never heard of Seton-Thompson. Kipling was a must, of course.
     
  12. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
    Hollywood, FL, United States
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    Even "White Fang"?
     
  13. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    Especially White Fang.
     
  14. loden

    loden Member

    Jan 2, 2005
    Forest Hills, NY
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    FC Dynamo Kyiv
    I'm not often offended when people scoff at the classics, as I frequently do it myself...but, something about that particular comment irritates me. It may be the source...hmm...
     
  15. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
    Hollywood, FL, United States
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    FC Dynamo Kyiv
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    That's interesting. While Jack London's work do tend to be drawn-out, the White Fang I found very exciting. I guess, as they say, "На вкус и цвет товарища нет".
     
  16. loden

    loden Member

    Jan 2, 2005
    Forest Hills, NY
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  17. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
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    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
    grrr...can't move to our Literature thread.
     
  18. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
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    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
  19. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
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    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
    I'm reading "Freud" by Irving Stone now. Great stuff.
     
  20. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    You don't even want to know what I said about yo mamma's book!

    Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's objectively bad - just that I personally couldn't stand it. But then, I tend to dislike books with a lot of physical description, and London had that in spades......and spades......and spades.

    Anyway, I don't really read much literature anymore - mostly non-fiction. Although I did read Beautiful Ruins over Christmas vacation, and it was absolutely fantastic. I also read both Clark's and Mitchell's books on the origins of WWI, and I can't recommend Clark's book enough. I thought it was the stronger of the two, albeit with a few chapters I didn't care for as much.
     
  21. goliath74

    goliath74 Member

    May 24, 2006
    Hollywood, FL, United States
    Club:
    FC Dynamo Kyiv
    Nat'l Team:
    Ukraine
    I have finally gotten around to reading "A Brief History of Time" (Stephen Hawking). Just finished the Battle of Kursk (David Glantz). I also prefer non-fiction.
     
  22. The Potter

    The Potter Member+

    Aug 26, 2004
    England
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    Stoke City FC
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    England
    edit: sorry wrong thread
     

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