That's a very beautiful book. I did a project on it in high-school and liked it very muchOriginally Posted by Madhuri
. You should not miss it, Pensy, I'm sure it suits your taste
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That's a very beautiful book. I did a project on it in high-school and liked it very much
"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
I think I have read her name in the newspapers. The novels, by their title, seem very interesting. I will try to find and read any of her works.
I guess so.That's a very beautiful book. I did a project on it in high-school and liked it very much. You should not miss it, Pensy, I'm sure it suits your taste.The title, God of Small Things is quite compelling. I will try it soon hopefully. (I have got lots of books on my reading list at the moment!
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I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
She is quite famous and a good writer. If you are interested in reading about partition and all, then you must try her books.
Also, I would recommend books written by Amrita Pritam, Pinjar (Cage), she has written many other books too, and Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh.
If you arent so interested in history then maybe you can try Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Its a very good book of stories, I have read it several times and liked it immensly.
I think by now your reading list must have become enormous
It's an easy, almost rhetorical question for me...Russian literature, of course!
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
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And you, I believe, are Croatian ? What attracted you to Russian literature ? The fact that it's Slavic, or other aspects ?
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Yes, Boris informed you well.After Father and Sons, Crime and Punishment, Dead souls, Kabanica(cloak, I think), Brothers Karamazov,...other books just keep coming! I've read all Dostoevsky's books, many Tolstoy's works and others, so I simply can't see how could any other literature be anywhere near Russian!
But hey, that's just my opinion!
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
I agree. Every now and then I make myself read something that isn't Russian, thinking I need to expand my horizons a little bit but I always come back to it and it feels oddly like coming home. I like the dark and sometimes oppressive feel to it, I love the deep insight into the human psyche, I love the political and social commentary and backgrounds that seem to permeate every Russian work whether it's pre-Revolutionary or post, I love the larger than life characters and the passion in which they live their lives. It's a culture very different from my own and I find it utterly fascinating.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
Excellently expressed, Idril. That's exactly what I've thought myself ! In particular, I agree with your statement about the larger-than -life characters and " the passion in which they live their lives ". Quite often, the situations described in Russian works are quite ordinary, but it's the characters' passion to live them that makes them exciting and unique !
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Italy, England, Rome, Greece and Russia. Though I love American literature we haven't produced anything likely to be read in 300 years the way that Homer, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky are read today.
ali is the greatest, but many fight experts say that pound for pound marvin hagler was the greatest. pound for pound by which i mean a nation's literary culture in terms of length, breath and tradition, russia in its relative brief existence as a literary giant tops all european nations.
Ok, ok, I know off-topic: but Hagler? seriously? not Sugar Ray Robinson?
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
And Sugar Ray equates to .... which literary tradition?
Not specifically literary, but still scholarly......he clearly relates to the sweet science
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
Ancient Greece,India and China are unquestionably greatest countries several thousand years ago. Then Dante and Shakespeare throughout the following years. In 19th century I think Russia and France were the most attractive lit countries.
We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
Britain, yes.
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To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's" - Dostoevksy
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