halisray Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 okay so I just finished a book and I am deciding on what to start first: here is what I have for the moment. War and Peace by Tolstoy Great Expectations by Dickens The Woman in White by Collins The 3 Musketeers by Dumas Don Quixote by Cervantes The Rainbow by Lawrence Fairwell to Arms by Hemingway Pride and Prejudice by Austen so which one to start? :P also is Dune a good novel? looking to purchase it Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide halisray's signature Hide all signatures https://soundcloud.com/halisray Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1295471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 On 4/7/2010 at 2:33 AM, dilbthelame said: Haven't read anything else by Dostoevsky but Karamazov Bros is bloody amazing. Heavy as fuck, long winded to death, but absolutely fucking beautiful and incredible too. took me about 8 months to read in between a few other books. Don't be put off if you don't remember names/places/events just read and take your eyes along for the ride, it's brilliant. Theological debates in it are mind boggling, esp. the grand inquisitor chapter. Characters are kinda 'victorian', esp the ladies, in terms of falling into dead faints and whatnot because someone drank their tea the wrong way, but that's minor. Story picks up after about 400 pages or so.seriously, i understood maybe about half of each page and it was still fucking worth it. probs sounds like i'm bigging up a load of flaws with this book, but honestly they pale into insignificance with the sheer fuckin' scale of awesomeness. how something this huge can fit into the head of just one single guy i'll never know. it's almost as good as the da vinci code. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1295631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest margaret thatcher Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 On 4/12/2010 at 9:07 PM, halisray said: Don Quixote by Cervantes yes mate, start here. great story but expect long passages of description. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1295643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkaholic Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Yevgeny Zamyatin's we anton chekov's short stories are great like ward six and the lady with the dog. he may not be strictly russian but issac asimov is also good, the foundation is fantastic. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1295705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 (edited) i've read little Russian literature despite my rampant Russophilia. Zamyatin's We is some top-notch dystopia though On 4/13/2010 at 12:08 AM, funkaholic said: Yevgeny Zamyatin's we anton chekov's short stories are great like ward six and the lady with the dog. he may not be strictly russian but issac asimov is also good, the foundation is fantastic. beaten to it lol also yes Asimov's Foundation. he's barely Russian though, i don't think he could even speak Russian (his family spoke Yiddish lol) really want to read some Soviet-era shit e.g. Master & Margarita Edited April 13, 2010 by ezkerraldean Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1295751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 (edited) I have the Constance Garnett translation of Karamazov. How much different is it when compared to the volokhonsky/pevear translation? Edited April 13, 2010 by Capsaicin Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1295810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 old and stuffy Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dr lopez's signature Hide all signatures On 11/24/2015 at 12:29 PM, Salvatorin said: I feel there is a baobab tree growing out of my head, its leaves stretch up to the heavens Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/55048-russian-authors/page/2/#findComment-1296045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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