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So Vladimir Putin wants a canon of 100 Russian books for all Russians to be required to read Larry Send a noteboard - 26/01/2012 01:21:44 PM
Leaving aside the motives behind this, what books should be considered for any such proposed "canon"?

Ten that would be no-brainers for me would be:

Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov; The Idiot; Crime and Punishment

Tolstoy, War and Peace; Anna Karenina; The Death of Ivan Ilych

Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

Gogol, Dead Souls; a full collection of his short stories

Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago


What other titles should be added? (I can think of another dozen or so, but these are the most immediate ones that came to mind).
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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So Vladimir Putin wants a canon of 100 Russian books for all Russians to be required to read Larry - 26/01/2012 01:21:44 PM 1534 Views
I have no idea, BUT nossy - 26/01/2012 01:29:02 PM 977 Views
Oh, I'd read it right after I finish Le Monde's list Larry - 26/01/2012 01:44:59 PM 1043 Views
I can come up with 75 without any problem Tom - 26/01/2012 05:10:47 PM 1026 Views
I was wondering if you'd have to include Sholokhov there Larry - 26/01/2012 05:15:48 PM 882 Views
I think it's probably safe to conclude from that list... Legolas - 26/01/2012 08:15:35 PM 919 Views
Considering his first 20... Larry - 26/01/2012 09:30:10 PM 859 Views
Oh, nevermind, I'd overlooked his plays there on the 16th position. Ignore what I said. Legolas - 26/01/2012 09:42:03 PM 847 Views
You were absolutely 100% correct, though. Tom - 26/01/2012 11:29:50 PM 774 Views
It was more in chronological order, rather than in terms of quality Tom - 26/01/2012 11:35:10 PM 2743 Views
Ah Larry - 26/01/2012 11:48:25 PM 820 Views
It was that obvious? *NM* Tom - 26/01/2012 11:29:06 PM 331 Views
Apparently not for me Larry - 26/01/2012 11:34:29 PM 832 Views
The only Sorokin I care to read is Pitirim Sorokin. Tom - 26/01/2012 11:39:39 PM 809 Views
Pelevin being the exception? Larry - 26/01/2012 11:49:18 PM 802 Views
"SNUFF" is coming out in English in February already? Tom - 27/01/2012 12:04:16 AM 762 Views
The Hall of the Singing Caryatids Larry - 27/01/2012 10:55:36 AM 789 Views
That was his 2008 book, called "P5" in Russian. Tom - 27/01/2012 08:18:06 PM 753 Views
Re: I can come up with 75 without any problem Tom - 27/01/2012 12:02:55 AM 874 Views
good list aragornital - 29/01/2012 09:06:28 AM 825 Views
I studiously avoided Fonvizin. Tom - 31/01/2012 08:37:04 PM 845 Views
Zamyatin? *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/01/2012 10:17:29 AM 394 Views
What did you want to ask about Zamyatin? *NM* Tom - 31/01/2012 08:38:31 PM 370 Views
I suspect she, like me, read a little too fast and wrongly thought she'd found an omission. *NM* Legolas - 02/02/2012 06:42:22 PM 386 Views
Shit, did I miss it? rebelaessedai - 03/02/2012 09:07:24 AM 903 Views
Re: Zamyatin? Vivien - 02/02/2012 03:27:01 AM 754 Views
I agree. *NM* rebelaessedai - 03/02/2012 09:08:02 AM 374 Views
Stupid double post. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/01/2012 10:17:30 AM 340 Views
I'm more interested in how this would be enforced A Deathwatch Guard - 27/01/2012 02:39:15 AM 884 Views
The same way everybody else does it... DomA - 27/01/2012 04:14:41 AM 934 Views
That's exactly what they're talking about. Tom - 27/01/2012 04:38:08 AM 939 Views
Did you ever hear of the flea joke? Vivien - 02/02/2012 03:23:06 AM 968 Views
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