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adrian_mx
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 Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: Do russians like to read a lot? |
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| I wan't to ask you guys if you like to read a lot, and if they make you read in school a lot, and any good books you could recommend. |
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MrSpice
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Daria
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Do russians like to read a lot? |
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| adrian_mx wrote: | | I wan't to ask you guys if you like to read a lot, and if they make you read in school a lot, and any good books you could recommend. |
Russians do read a lot! Well, most of them. Are you interested in Russian literature? |
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surfguy
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Do russians like to read a lot? |
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| Daria wrote: | | adrian_mx wrote: | | I wan't to ask you guys if you like to read a lot, and if they make you read in school a lot, and any good books you could recommend. |
Russians do read a lot! Well, most of them. Are you interested in Russian literature? |
I suggest start with War and Peace by Tolstoy...then Move on to Pushkin and then on up to modern writers...oh and Chekov |
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adrian_mx
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Well, I'm right now reading war and peace, and I'm interested in Chekhov, I like russian literature, specially Dostoevksy, I really liked the Idiot.
You like to read spanish or latinamerican literature by the way? |
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Daria
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Do russians like to read a lot? |
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| surfguy wrote: | | Daria wrote: | | adrian_mx wrote: | | I wan't to ask you guys if you like to read a lot, and if they make you read in school a lot, and any good books you could recommend. |
Russians do read a lot! Well, most of them. Are you interested in Russian literature? |
I suggest start with War and Peace by Tolstoy...then Move on to Pushkin and then on up to modern writers...oh and Chekov |
As a starter it will bore him to death... |
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surfguy
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| adrian_mx wrote: | Well, I'm right now reading war and peace, and I'm interested in Chekhov, I like russian literature, specially Dostoevksy, I really liked the Idiot.
You like to read spanish or latinamerican literature by the way? |
Haven't but perhaps I should. Love Latin Music thought...listening to Ricardo Arjona right now...he's from Guatemala |
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Yuri-s-Girl
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: Re: Do russians like to read a lot? |
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| Daria wrote: | | adrian_mx wrote: | | I wan't to ask you guys if you like to read a lot, and if they make you read in school a lot, and any good books you could recommend. |
Russians do read a lot! Well, most of them. Are you interested in Russian literature? |
My boyfriend is constantly reading, newspapers, magazines, books, online Russian newsletters, he's always reading. He prefers non-fiction and makes fun of me reading my "silly fiction" books. I'm not a romance novel reader but I do like my fiction!
Really good question and the book selections sound good, thanks all!
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Daria
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Do russians like to read a lot? |
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| Yuri's Girl wrote: |
My boyfriend is constantly reading, newspapers, magazines, books, online Russian newsletters, he's always reading. He prefers non-fiction and makes fun of me reading my "silly fiction" books. I'm not a romance novel reader but I do like my fiction!
Really good question and the book selections sound good, thanks all!
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My husband reads a lot too.
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UsualSuspect
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:59 am Post subject: Guess so.. |
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Well, I think Russian's do. All the people I visited had classics on their shelves. Byron, Keats, Poe etc etc. My wife also collected the entire works of Boris Akunin (pseudonym for an impossibly long Georgian name), and lo and behold, at least 5 have been translated into English. They are a good read if you are into period detective novels. We went and saw one that had been made into a film, can't remember the name...
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surfguy
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| Yes I noticed they like to read...actually at the Russian group I belong to we had a night where everyone was reading russian literature...I think literature is a huge part of Russian Culture...all of the arts are for sure. I'd like to spend a month in Russia just seeing all the museums in the day and the theater at night and the clubs at late night |
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Racer
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| It seems pretty common they like to read. If you're looking for a good one in English, I'd suggest The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, translated by Pevear & Volokhonsky. Reminds me very much of late Mark Twain--great sense of humor, but often with a bit of a dark (or at least realistic) edge. And they're short stories, so easy to read. I think the book is currently out of print, but still can be had through Amazon. |
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krasatulya
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| Racer wrote: | | It seems pretty common they like to read. If you're looking for a good one in English, I'd suggest The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, translated by Pevear & Volokhonsky. Reminds me very much of late Mark Twain--great sense of humor, but often with a bit of a dark (or at least realistic) edge. And they're short stories, so easy to read. I think the book is currently out of print, but still can be had through Amazon. |
I think I read a few of those stories. I believe one was called something like "The Diary of a Madman"...it was certainly a little bizarre. |
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Kaltmann89
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| i like to read so much books about psycholgy.did you hear about Alexander Sviyash? |
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Daria
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| Racer wrote: | | It seems pretty common they like to read. If you're looking for a good one in English, I'd suggest The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, translated by Pevear & Volokhonsky. Reminds me very much of late Mark Twain--great sense of humor, but often with a bit of a dark (or at least realistic) edge. And they're short stories, so easy to read. I think the book is currently out of print, but still can be had through Amazon. |
"Dead souls" by Gogol is a must read.
Did you know that Gogol was paranoid about being buried alive? Apparently, when Gogol's coffin was exhumed, his body was flipped over. |
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