What do you think about Russian literature?
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What do you think about Russian literature?
I have heard that Crime and Punishment is a great piece of Russian Literature but I have not experienced it yet.
I know some people who think that Russian Literature is absolutely stunning.
Yes, the Russian literature is among the greatest, whether it be Pushkin or Tolstoy!!!
I'm reading War and peace right now
But i have already read Crime and punishment
Cool, How was "Crime and Punishment"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pantelej
People have told me that it is a complex read.
well it's quite complex, the most i figuerd out
first after reading it, it was absolutly stunning
Has anyone read "The silent Don"?
I wish I could read Russian lit in Russian instead of relying on translations :confused:
yes, it would be much nicer to be able
to read every book in it's original language
But especialy Russian books, Russian
is a very diferent language, compared
to other languages, i think.
I was reading a Japenese translation today and I wished a lot that somehow I would have known Japanese.
Russian Literature is one of the main reasons why I studied Russian at University. I am absolutely not at the level of reading Dostoevsky and co. in original, but I am reading a novel by a contemporary (is this the word?well he died in 1990) author and I am coping better than I would have ever expected.
Most Russian classics are absolutely huge, it's funny to see how much these guys could write ;) But they're mostly incredibly interesting... like Crime & Punishment, the first time I read it I just swallowed it in like 4 days... The second time took me longer and it was somehow heavier, I guess I was trying to look deeper...
I plan on re-reading Master and Margarita as soon as I've finished my current read (still Russian.. Everything Flows by Vasilij Grossman), cos I havent appreciated that much years ago and I might enjoy it more now that I have a nuch richer historical and cultural background.
Thinking about it, probably a good 70% of what I've read in the past 5 years was Russian...
I can't find anything by Vasilij Grossman anywhere
I'm living on the countryside, there aren't so many bookstores around here.
Have you read anything by Michail Sholokhov
I like very much russian literature. I have just finished to read some short stories by Chekhov.They were very funny and well written.I have also read "The idiot" by Dostoievsky.It is a complex novel where the autor presents some of his experiences and thoughts.I would like to know more about Russia and now I am trying to learn this language( I hope I will succeed).
Russia is very exciting, huge and endless,
sometime i will go there.
Even though it,s cold.
Well pantelej, you're from Sweden, it's cold there too...so you might not suffer too much if you go to Russia ;)
Or just go in the summer... I went to Moscow last August and it wasn't cold at all, just the opposite for a couple of weeks... then it got fresher but still i've never suffered from cold there.
Has anyone read " Doctor Zjivago" ?