It wasn't available through the school library in Illinois and the copy in Boston is lost?!! There should be another copy that is being held for me. I will endeavor to read it quickly tomorrow and Wednesday and post something by Thursday. If only it were available for the Kindle. Could just download it now.
Russian Book Club: Chapaev and Pustota or Buddha's Little Finger
- 16/05/2010 03:42:07 PM
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I'll have my full thoughts up in a few hours
- 16/05/2010 04:33:54 PM
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Could you give me a better reference as to where that was in the book?
- 17/05/2010 03:09:16 AM
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Chapter 5, just before Kocurkin appears for the first time. *NM*
- 17/05/2010 02:34:30 PM
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In Russian it says "succubus" became the Russian "suka" or "bitch" *NM*
- 17/05/2010 02:49:03 PM
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Ahh, so the English version is closer.
- 17/05/2010 07:38:35 PM
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This reply is mostly empty of thoughts. 
- 16/05/2010 05:37:54 PM
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- 16/05/2010 05:37:54 PM
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I'll wait until it is substantially empty but nominally full, then. 
*NM*
- 17/05/2010 03:09:52 AM
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*NM*
- 17/05/2010 03:09:52 AM
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OK, here's what I wrote for the OF Blog on this book
- 17/05/2010 02:22:18 AM
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I like the way your review is an un-review.
- 17/05/2010 03:08:20 AM
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That's what I wanted to convey, since it's hard to be definitive with such a work
- 17/05/2010 03:16:19 AM
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I wouldn't term it "fantasy".
- 18/05/2010 02:24:40 PM
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My thoughts.
- 17/05/2010 02:16:11 PM
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Pelevin isn't a real Buddhist, he's a superficial pop-culture Buddhist.
- 18/05/2010 02:33:37 PM
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Re: Pelevin isn't a real Buddhist, he's a superficial pop-culture Buddhist.
- 18/05/2010 10:37:36 PM
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It is apparently called Clay Machine Gun in the UK.
- 17/05/2010 02:41:41 PM
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It's Čapajev a Prázdnota (Chapaev and Emptiness) in Czech
- 17/05/2010 07:46:14 PM
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In Russian prazdny or prazdnost' would mean "lazy, inactive" *NM*
- 18/05/2010 02:21:42 PM
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Bah. No bookshop in Edinburgh has it. Amazon will have to be my saviour.
- 18/05/2010 12:56:28 PM
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I like this passage about 10 pages from the end of the book on Russia
- 17/05/2010 02:56:49 PM
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I think the pseudo-Buddhist bit is not as good as the Russian vodka psychology.
- 18/05/2010 02:35:07 PM
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Perhaps
- 18/05/2010 02:38:24 PM
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All and none. Russia is a paradox, but one that can be explained.
- 19/05/2010 03:30:58 PM
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Re: I think the pseudo-Buddhist bit is not as good as the Russian vodka psychology.
- 18/05/2010 11:12:10 PM
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And I still don't have a copy of this book!
- 17/05/2010 07:37:35 PM
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I'll bet you could find a Russian version online if you searched rambler.ru. *NM*
- 18/05/2010 02:35:49 PM
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Re: I know a weird "lending library" sort of site that can give you the English version.
- 20/05/2010 12:48:57 PM
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