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Dostoevsky, Trollope, Murakami... Rare to find so...

2009-07-12T07:42:26.344-04:00

Dostoevsky, Trollope, Murakami...

Rare to find so many faves name-checked in one blog post!

Can't help but notice no mention of Tolstoy's plac...

2009-06-07T20:18:25.160-04:00

Can't help but notice no mention of Tolstoy's place in this cage match.
Assuming this is not an oversight, why was he left out?

I'm an english lit major and have never picked up ...

2009-03-31T13:34:00.000-04:00

I'm an english lit major and have never picked up a 19th century Russian novel. Well, I've picked one up, but never read it. As with all literary genres, YMMV.

Moira, it's only a function of being a Russian lit...

2009-03-31T12:36:00.000-04:00

Moira, it's only a function of being a Russian lit nerd....and probably a total nerd in general.

Re: Solzhenitsyn....I've only read the 2, and really not even that b/c I didn't finish Cancer Ward. For me, I liked One Day in the Life, but on the other hand, why not just read House of the Dead? :)

I wish I knew why people loved Cancer Ward so much. I always wonder what I was missing....but I honestly just couldn't handle it.

I personally never got through Solzhenitsyn's One ...

2009-03-30T16:11:00.000-04:00

I personally never got through Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, not because it wasn't good, but because it was too effective - the claustrophobia and desperation made me literally physically ill!

I have friends who swear by Cancer Ward but clearly it's not universally loved.

Wow, I am feeling very unworthy of calling myself ...

2009-03-30T14:57:00.000-04:00

Wow, I am feeling very unworthy of calling myself a true book lover. You list so many classics that I have never picked up, or have only read as school requirements.

Shame on me.

Fascinating interview. It was solely on the basis ...

2009-03-28T13:53:00.000-04:00

Fascinating interview. It was solely on the basis of The Grand Inquisitor, excerpted in the text for a freshman philosophy class, that I picked up and read The Brothers Karamazov. That was so long ago, I think it is time for a reread. Interesting point about Solzhenitsyn. He is on my TBR list but I really don't know where to start with him. Do you have a suggestion? So far from my reading of Austen (which isn't very extensive), I am with you, but I am fond of Dickens. Thanks for the insight and could I get one front row seat for the cage match:)