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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 1598 Views
I have no idea, BUT nossy - 26/01/2012 01:29:02 PM 1022 Views
Oh, I'd read it right after I finish Le Monde's list Larry - 26/01/2012 01:44:59 PM 1098 Views
I can come up with 75 without any problem Tom - 26/01/2012 05:10:47 PM 1089 Views
I was wondering if you'd have to include Sholokhov there Larry - 26/01/2012 05:15:48 PM 930 Views
I think it's probably safe to conclude from that list... Legolas - 26/01/2012 08:15:35 PM 972 Views
Considering his first 20... Larry - 26/01/2012 09:30:10 PM 913 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 902 Views
You were absolutely 100% correct, though. Tom - 26/01/2012 11:29:50 PM 827 Views
It was more in chronological order, rather than in terms of quality Tom - 26/01/2012 11:35:10 PM 2794 Views
Ah Larry - 26/01/2012 11:48:25 PM 873 Views
It was that obvious? *NM* Tom - 26/01/2012 11:29:06 PM 359 Views
Apparently not for me Larry - 26/01/2012 11:34:29 PM 893 Views
The only Sorokin I care to read is Pitirim Sorokin. Tom - 26/01/2012 11:39:39 PM 862 Views
Pelevin being the exception? Larry - 26/01/2012 11:49:18 PM 856 Views
"SNUFF" is coming out in English in February already? Tom - 27/01/2012 12:04:16 AM 810 Views
The Hall of the Singing Caryatids Larry - 27/01/2012 10:55:36 AM 841 Views
That was his 2008 book, called "P5" in Russian. Tom - 27/01/2012 08:18:06 PM 807 Views
Re: I can come up with 75 without any problem Tom - 27/01/2012 12:02:55 AM 925 Views
good list aragornital - 29/01/2012 09:06:28 AM 872 Views
I studiously avoided Fonvizin. Tom - 31/01/2012 08:37:04 PM 895 Views
Zamyatin? *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/01/2012 10:17:29 AM 418 Views
What did you want to ask about Zamyatin? *NM* Tom - 31/01/2012 08:38:31 PM 396 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 411 Views
Shit, did I miss it? rebelaessedai - 03/02/2012 09:07:24 AM 957 Views
Re: Zamyatin? Vivien - 02/02/2012 03:27:01 AM 804 Views
I agree. *NM* rebelaessedai - 03/02/2012 09:08:02 AM 398 Views
Stupid double post. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/01/2012 10:17:30 AM 365 Views
I'm more interested in how this would be enforced A Deathwatch Guard - 27/01/2012 02:39:15 AM 947 Views
The same way everybody else does it... DomA - 27/01/2012 04:14:41 AM 979 Views
That's exactly what they're talking about. Tom - 27/01/2012 04:38:08 AM 991 Views
Did you ever hear of the flea joke? Vivien - 02/02/2012 03:23:06 AM 1018 Views
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