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Pelevin being the exception? Larry Send a noteboard - 26/01/2012 11:49:18 PM
I'm very, very much not a fan of MOST of the modern Russian writers.


I'm still waiting for his latest to come out in translation. It was supposed to have been released in December, but it seems to have been delayed until February at least.
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 1531 Views
I have no idea, BUT nossy - 26/01/2012 01:29:02 PM 974 Views
Oh, I'd read it right after I finish Le Monde's list Larry - 26/01/2012 01:44:59 PM 1041 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 879 Views
I think it's probably safe to conclude from that list... Legolas - 26/01/2012 08:15:35 PM 918 Views
Considering his first 20... Larry - 26/01/2012 09:30:10 PM 856 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 845 Views
You were absolutely 100% correct, though. Tom - 26/01/2012 11:29:50 PM 771 Views
It was more in chronological order, rather than in terms of quality Tom - 26/01/2012 11:35:10 PM 2742 Views
Ah Larry - 26/01/2012 11:48:25 PM 817 Views
It was that obvious? *NM* Tom - 26/01/2012 11:29:06 PM 330 Views
Apparently not for me Larry - 26/01/2012 11:34:29 PM 830 Views
The only Sorokin I care to read is Pitirim Sorokin. Tom - 26/01/2012 11:39:39 PM 807 Views
Pelevin being the exception? Larry - 26/01/2012 11:49:18 PM 800 Views
"SNUFF" is coming out in English in February already? Tom - 27/01/2012 12:04:16 AM 761 Views
The Hall of the Singing Caryatids Larry - 27/01/2012 10:55:36 AM 787 Views
That was his 2008 book, called "P5" in Russian. Tom - 27/01/2012 08:18:06 PM 751 Views
Re: I can come up with 75 without any problem Tom - 27/01/2012 12:02:55 AM 873 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 902 Views
Re: Zamyatin? Vivien - 02/02/2012 03:27:01 AM 751 Views
I agree. *NM* rebelaessedai - 03/02/2012 09:08:02 AM 373 Views
Stupid double post. *NM* rebelaessedai - 30/01/2012 10:17:30 AM 339 Views
I'm more interested in how this would be enforced A Deathwatch Guard - 27/01/2012 02:39:15 AM 881 Views
The same way everybody else does it... DomA - 27/01/2012 04:14:41 AM 932 Views
That's exactly what they're talking about. Tom - 27/01/2012 04:38:08 AM 938 Views
Did you ever hear of the flea joke? Vivien - 02/02/2012 03:23:06 AM 966 Views
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