tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post3283517460636382703..comments2023-10-06T09:28:45.037+01:00Comments on This is a Title: Friday Fun: Fact/Fiction??!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-19261723121396886482009-12-14T18:31:37.466+00:002009-12-14T18:31:37.466+00:00Baba Yaga! Thank you for reminding me. And am I th...Baba Yaga! Thank you for reminding me. And am I the only boring one to start off the Russian phase with Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky?brindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-872291162719446062009-12-14T15:08:51.202+00:002009-12-14T15:08:51.202+00:00Dipali:
It certainly is brilliant.
KM:
Well, I wa...Dipali:<br />It certainly is brilliant.<br /><br />KM:<br />Well, I was heavily into short stories at the time I got to Gogol, so I guess the impact was kinda diluted. But this book really made me sit down and imagine the work camps, and all those years wasted away.<br /><br />Shyam:<br />His later stuff does tend to get bogged down in details and details. But Cancer Ward was quite harrowing too.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-80135822541711833002009-12-14T01:52:37.435+00:002009-12-14T01:52:37.435+00:00Russian authors (any) are another mountain I have ...Russian authors (any) are another mountain I have yet to climb. Just can't get through any of them. Post on Joyce soon.The Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402100518464137956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-87202924007424884702009-12-13T09:29:32.658+00:002009-12-13T09:29:32.658+00:00That was the first Russian book that I loved, and ...That was the first Russian book that I loved, and Solzhenitsyn the first Russian author I read. What you'd call a perfect start, because I havent liked quite every one of them (authors & books both) that I've read since.Shammihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905000396589717457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-10655974454143222082009-12-12T15:11:15.620+00:002009-12-12T15:11:15.620+00:00Great passage. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting to...Great passage. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Interesting to know that of all Russian writers, it was Solzhenitsyn that hooked you in during your teens. (For me, it was Gogol and then, for some reason, Gorky.)kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29988784.post-47209281136998459842009-12-12T11:29:52.758+00:002009-12-12T11:29:52.758+00:00I'd loved that book too. Read it long long ago...I'd loved that book too. Read it long long ago!dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.com