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Perhaps Larry Send a noteboard - 18/05/2010 02:38:24 PM
It would have been better to just quote the old Russian saying, "One can't understand Russia, one can only believe in her."


But for an outsider such as myself, what version of Russia can come to dominate the discourse here? Is it the paranoia-ridden one, the pragmatic one, the revolutionary one, or another Russia?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Russian Book Club: Chapaev and Pustota or Buddha's Little Finger Tom - 16/05/2010 03:42:07 PM 1135 Views
I'll have my full thoughts up in a few hours Larry - 16/05/2010 04:33:54 PM 762 Views
Could you give me a better reference as to where that was in the book? Tom - 17/05/2010 03:09:16 AM 748 Views
It's about halfway into Chapter 5 in my edition *NM* Larry - 17/05/2010 03:12:43 AM 381 Views
Chapter 5, just before Kocurkin appears for the first time. *NM* wahooka - 17/05/2010 02:34:30 PM 363 Views
In Russian it says "succubus" became the Russian "suka" or "bitch" *NM* Tom - 17/05/2010 02:49:03 PM 418 Views
Ahh, so the English version is closer. wahooka - 17/05/2010 07:38:35 PM 795 Views
Does Czech have a word similar to "suka"? *NM* Tom - 19/05/2010 03:11:10 PM 409 Views
Well, sort of. wahooka - 19/05/2010 07:30:38 PM 679 Views
This reply is mostly empty of thoughts. wahooka - 16/05/2010 05:37:54 PM 778 Views
I'll wait until it is substantially empty but nominally full, then. *NM* Tom - 17/05/2010 03:09:52 AM 379 Views
OK, here's what I wrote for the OF Blog on this book Larry - 17/05/2010 02:22:18 AM 834 Views
I like the way your review is an un-review. Tom - 17/05/2010 03:08:20 AM 719 Views
That's what I wanted to convey, since it's hard to be definitive with such a work Larry - 17/05/2010 03:16:19 AM 820 Views
I wouldn't term it "fantasy". Tom - 18/05/2010 02:24:40 PM 739 Views
Perhaps Larry - 18/05/2010 02:36:13 PM 811 Views
Psychedelic fiction suits it well. Tom - 19/05/2010 03:12:10 PM 821 Views
By the way, I just finished The Sacred Book of the Werewolf Larry - 18/07/2010 09:14:33 PM 1044 Views
My thoughts. wahooka - 17/05/2010 02:16:11 PM 811 Views
Pelevin isn't a real Buddhist, he's a superficial pop-culture Buddhist. Tom - 18/05/2010 02:33:37 PM 811 Views
Re: Pelevin isn't a real Buddhist, he's a superficial pop-culture Buddhist. wahooka - 18/05/2010 10:37:36 PM 753 Views
Russian TV spits out soap operas almost daily now. Tom - 19/05/2010 03:19:22 PM 777 Views
Re: Russian TV spits out soap operas almost daily now. wahooka - 19/05/2010 07:59:05 PM 1229 Views
It is apparently called Clay Machine Gun in the UK. Rebekah - 17/05/2010 02:41:41 PM 761 Views
It's Čapajev a Prázdnota (Chapaev and Emptiness) in Czech wahooka - 17/05/2010 07:46:14 PM 792 Views
In Russian prazdny or prazdnost' would mean "lazy, inactive" *NM* Tom - 18/05/2010 02:21:42 PM 379 Views
And pustota means barrenness or desolateness in Czech. wahooka - 18/05/2010 10:51:22 PM 872 Views
Passion used to mean suffering in English, now it means lust. Tom - 19/05/2010 03:21:47 PM 960 Views
Bah. No bookshop in Edinburgh has it. Amazon will have to be my saviour. Rebekah - 18/05/2010 12:56:28 PM 660 Views
Sure, as long as we're not reading Gogol by then. *NM* Tom - 19/05/2010 03:22:13 PM 342 Views
I like this passage about 10 pages from the end of the book on Russia Larry - 17/05/2010 02:56:49 PM 783 Views
I think the pseudo-Buddhist bit is not as good as the Russian vodka psychology. Tom - 18/05/2010 02:35:07 PM 795 Views
Perhaps Larry - 18/05/2010 02:38:24 PM 712 Views
All and none. Russia is a paradox, but one that can be explained. Tom - 19/05/2010 03:30:58 PM 770 Views
Re: I think the pseudo-Buddhist bit is not as good as the Russian vodka psychology. wahooka - 18/05/2010 11:12:10 PM 805 Views
I'll drink to that! Tom - 19/05/2010 03:34:40 PM 631 Views
Heh, yeah, but I still think there's something to it. *NM* wahooka - 19/05/2010 08:04:51 PM 406 Views
And I still don't have a copy of this book! The Shrike - 17/05/2010 07:37:35 PM 828 Views
I'll bet you could find a Russian version online if you searched rambler.ru. *NM* Tom - 18/05/2010 02:35:49 PM 382 Views
Re: I know a weird "lending library" sort of site that can give you the English version. Danae al'Thor - 20/05/2010 12:48:57 PM 911 Views
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