Don't forget Tolstoy's short novels. In many respects they are his finest works:
The Death of Ivan Illych
Master and Man
Although I haven't read it, Idril has recommended, The Kreutzer Sonata.
Don't forget Tolstoy's short novels. In many respects they are his finest works:
The Death of Ivan Illych
Master and Man
Although I haven't read it, Idril has recommended, The Kreutzer Sonata.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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Nabokov claimed that Andre Bely's novel Petersburg was one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, and it indeed a remarkable Joyce-esque novel, which, unfortuneatly suffers greatly in translation.
Another work not mentioned yet is Gogol's short story "The Overcoat", as Dostoevskii said, "We all came out of Gogol's Overcoat." Other notable novelists from the golden period of Russian literature are Goncharov (Oblomov), Leskov, Saltykov (The Golovlyov Family).
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.-Vladimir Nabokov
human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars-Flaubert
Which translation and edition did you read? I'm still looking for a hardcover edition!Originally Posted by Boris239
I've read A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945. Although very different from any other books of war I've read, I found it very engaging and interesting. It's remarkable to read what everything looked like in a journalists eyes, and all the small details he picked up along the way.
I've always wanted to read Life & Fate.
I'm originally from Russia so I read it in original
Anyone read Nabokov? I'm currently looking at Lolita and Pnin.
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This is what I have: Selected Stories (Signet Classics).
It's probably one of the cheapest versions out there.
com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
Dostoevsky Forum!
Hm, yes, but I'm not a huge fan of paperbacks.
There is a thread dedicated to Lolita and Nabokov here.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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from Nabokov Russian books I would recommend "the Luzhin Defense" and "The Gift"
Thanks to you both!
Last edited by Nico87; 10-22-2007 at 07:57 PM.
I found an interesting book on abebooks - http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Bo...x%3D60%26y%3D6
has anyone read any of these short stories? I like short stories alot, but haven't read any shorties from any of these authors.
Nevermind, link doesn't work because I already purchased it, but it contains the following;
Authors: A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, I.S. Turgenev, F.M. Dostoyevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, M.T. Saltykov, V.G. Korlolenko, V.M. Garshin, A.P. Chekov, F. Sologub, I.N. Potapenko, S.T. Semyonov, M. Gorky, M.P. Artybashev, A.I. Kuprin, L.N. Andreyev
Stories: The Queen of Spades, The Cloak, The Christmas Tree and the Wedding, God Seeks the Truth but Waits, The Darling, The Bet, Vanka, One Autumn Night, The Red Laugh, The Gentleman from San Francisco, Lazarus. There's bound to be more stories as the list shows more authors than stories.
I don't know which stories belong to which authors.
Last edited by Nico87; 10-23-2007 at 10:27 AM.
I already read some short stories by Garshin and Korolenko, and they were VERY good.
I've read a few of those, The Queen of Spades, that's Pushkin; The Cloak...Gogol has a short story called The Overcoat, I'm wondering if that might be the same one and God Seeks The Truth But Waits is Tolstoy and a great short story. I've read several of Dostoevsky's short stories but I don't recongnize any of the titles, unless there are different translations of the names and I've read a handful of Chekhov stories as well but I don't see any of those listed either. All in all, I think you have a really good collection there. A great place to start.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
The Darling and The Bet is Chekhov. The Christmas Tree and the Wedding is Dostoevsky.
I'm in the midst of "Demons" by Dostoevsky right now, and enjoying it immensely. I think I said somewhere before that my knowledge of Russian literature is extremely lacking (basically, only Tolstoy's "Ressurection" and some of Solzhenitsyn's speeches and short stories), however reading this thread I see that no one has even mentioned Isaac Babel yet. I would definately reccomend tracking down his complete works and immersing yourself in them (especially if you've just come from being more or less punished by Dostoevsky's novels).
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