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I'm still sailing through it AgentOrange Send a noteboard - 16/03/2010 09:25:34 PM
I think this book wouldn't have gotten published nowadays, what with the terrible infodumping going on through the first 100 pages. I had to read them twice. Once though that it gets much more interesting.
Can't really comment more than that right now, but I'm glad for this book club making me read it :thumbsup:
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So, let's talk about Doctor Zhivago. Tom - 15/03/2010 12:51:09 PM 1915 Views
I liked it a lot. wahooka - 15/03/2010 03:24:34 PM 1239 Views
I mostly agree with your points, but I'm not sure Zhivago was ever disillusioned with revolution. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:19:54 PM 1116 Views
Re: I mostly agree with your points, but I'm not sure Zhivago was ever disillusioned with revolution wahooka - 15/03/2010 09:57:29 PM 1195 Views
Yes, it's the Soviet state, not the revolution, that he hates. Tom - 15/03/2010 11:16:29 PM 1024 Views
I see your point. wahooka - 15/03/2010 11:36:30 PM 1136 Views
The idea of revolution was perpetual. In theory, anyway. The Shrike - 16/03/2010 12:30:46 AM 1172 Views
So far, so good ranagrande - 15/03/2010 03:58:44 PM 1143 Views
There are lots of good quotes. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:20:26 PM 979 Views
I have finally finished it. ranagrande - 22/03/2010 12:31:24 AM 1156 Views
There will be more later. Much more. So lets start at the beginning. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 04:22:15 PM 1077 Views
... I'm clearly lacking in braincells. Rebekah - 15/03/2010 05:03:35 PM 1179 Views
... yes, you moved to scotland? *NM* jh - 15/03/2010 05:42:21 PM 502 Views
It's not contagious! Rebekah - 15/03/2010 05:47:41 PM 1005 Views
It probably is. Don't worry, we still like you! *NM* Tom - 15/03/2010 09:55:07 PM 489 Views
I didn't notice the Anna Karenina connection. That's a good point. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:26:41 PM 1089 Views
Yes. Perhaps we should tell the non-Russian speakers/readers that the name of the protagonist, The Shrike - 15/03/2010 10:22:39 PM 1224 Views
Zhivago is the Church Slavonic genitive singular of живой (zhivoi), "living" Tom - 15/03/2010 11:18:23 PM 1048 Views
I knew those Larry - 15/03/2010 11:22:02 PM 1152 Views
I thought this was a great read, and I'm sure I've missed a lot, which will make a reread good too. Rebekah - 15/03/2010 05:16:19 PM 1191 Views
On balance, there IS a love story. Just not quite the one that most people think. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:34:20 PM 1130 Views
I noticed that as well Larry - 15/03/2010 09:42:04 PM 1221 Views
There is a lot of Christian eschatology, too Tom - 15/03/2010 09:46:59 PM 1099 Views
Yes Larry - 15/03/2010 11:23:23 PM 1267 Views
Yes. This is what I was going to say, just not as articulately. *NM* Rebekah - 15/03/2010 10:12:33 PM 455 Views
My initial thoughts Beqi - 15/03/2010 06:02:21 PM 1152 Views
Re: My initial thoughts wahooka - 15/03/2010 08:54:15 PM 1071 Views
Which idioms were you talking about? Tom - 15/03/2010 09:43:09 PM 1153 Views
Re: Which idioms were you talking about? wahooka - 15/03/2010 10:07:23 PM 1184 Views
The names are not quite as hard as it may seem at first Tom - 15/03/2010 09:41:06 PM 1089 Views
There appears to be a lull, so some background - How many of you have read anything about The Shrike - 15/03/2010 08:19:07 PM 1107 Views
This is my first novel in that genre, fiction or non. Beqi - 15/03/2010 08:22:04 PM 980 Views
I've read bits & pieces. Rebekah - 15/03/2010 08:33:41 PM 1104 Views
Ok, since you're interested, here is some "light" reading for you. Approach with caution. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 08:47:42 PM 1266 Views
Interestingly, I'm seeing parallels now that I'm reading Gibbon. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:53:15 PM 1112 Views
Koenker was mine for Soviet history. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 10:08:40 PM 1414 Views
Re: Ok, since you're interested, here is some "light" reading for you. Approach with caution. wahooka - 15/03/2010 11:05:22 PM 1174 Views
Thank you for calling it "light" reading. The quotation marks were comforting. Tashmere - 17/03/2010 09:56:26 AM 1029 Views
I will read and respond to this when I remember to bring my glasses home from work! *NM* Rebekah - 17/03/2010 06:14:31 PM 434 Views
Finally got around to reading this. Thanks for sharing. *NM* Rebekah - 22/03/2010 04:45:24 PM 463 Views
You're welcome. *NM* The Shrike - 22/03/2010 05:14:26 PM 460 Views
I knew a bit about it. wahooka - 15/03/2010 08:36:20 PM 1203 Views
Fiction or non-fiction? Larry - 15/03/2010 09:21:04 PM 1283 Views
Do you mean Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed? Tom - 15/03/2010 09:54:34 PM 1096 Views
Ten...I was typing from memories of close to 15 years ago Larry - 15/03/2010 10:57:05 PM 1132 Views
Either, though specifically I was thinking of non-fiction. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 10:11:52 PM 1156 Views
That's what I was thinking of when I read it Larry - 15/03/2010 10:59:36 PM 1173 Views
Familiar with the history, though I've never exhaustively studied the time period. Jacob - 16/03/2010 02:20:23 PM 1141 Views
Enough to understand everything easily enough. Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:03:54 AM 980 Views
My own personal thoughts on Doctor Zhivago Tom - 15/03/2010 11:44:05 PM 1389 Views
This review has been helpful so far for me. Tashmere - 23/03/2010 11:39:51 PM 1038 Views
Essay I just finished writing on the book Larry - 16/03/2010 01:26:23 AM 1544 Views
I'm really enjoying it. nossy - 16/03/2010 03:05:25 AM 1144 Views
Hey, if I can come late to the party, so can you. *NM* Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:04:15 AM 387 Views
I'm still sailing through it AgentOrange - 16/03/2010 09:25:34 PM 1206 Views
Why would you consider this a classic? What made it so good or profound for (plural) you? Tashmere - 16/03/2010 11:19:23 PM 1124 Views
Put a question mark at the end of the first sentence and read my response. *NM* Tom - 17/03/2010 12:09:58 AM 443 Views
Some questions. Rebekah - 19/03/2010 08:27:38 AM 1048 Views
Class can be tricky given the Russian context. The Shrike - 19/03/2010 05:09:14 PM 1220 Views
Grand. Thanks for the answers. Rebekah - 20/03/2010 02:33:18 PM 1122 Views
As an addendum to what Greg wrote: Tom - 19/03/2010 05:56:56 PM 1115 Views
Re: As an addendum to what Greg wrote: Rebekah - 20/03/2010 02:36:36 PM 1172 Views
No, Tonya was exiled. It was a fortune of timing. Tom - 20/03/2010 05:22:44 PM 1119 Views
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them The Shrike - 21/03/2010 05:34:03 PM 1175 Views
It looks a bit strained to me. Tom - 22/03/2010 03:28:34 AM 1020 Views
So far the reviews are pretty glowing, as are the Amazon reviewers. The Shrike - 22/03/2010 01:44:19 PM 1148 Views
In other news, I read about 100 pages of The Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/03/2010 03:48:47 PM 1064 Views
I figured that you would like it. The Shrike - 22/03/2010 05:14:06 PM 1202 Views
I finished it last night - the last 100+ pages rather fast, considering how long the whole took. Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:00:50 AM 947 Views
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