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06-12-2006, 04:32 PM
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| | | it's bound to be good |
06-12-2006, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Destroyer What about Dostoevsky's The Idiot..? I have a copy of that and I've been meaning to read it for months  | It hurts to admit but I couldn't finish it. I hated the main character far too much. But it's my usual story with Dostoevsky. I always hate his characters with all my heart. I only really managed to go through 2 of his works. |
06-20-2006, 12:27 AM
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| | | I think the next book I read will be Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. |
06-20-2006, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by pretty polly It hurts to admit but I couldn't finish it. I hated the main character far too much. But it's my usual story with Dostoevsky. I always hate his characters with all my heart. I only really managed to go through 2 of his works. | Funny, he's one of my favorite characters by Dostoevsky alongside Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov. Other characters, like Aglaya and her mother, really annoyed me though.
I liked the book, but it wasn't my favorite by him - the plot had some real low points, and as i mentioned earlier, a lot of the characters annoyed me and dragged the story down on various portions. I'd still recommend it, since it had a lot of worthwhile moments. |
06-20-2006, 09:05 PM
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| | | I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove The Master and Margharita. I can't rave about it enough, and I am a serious book cynic. I have read thousands and spurned about 95% of them. But I really, really enjoyed that book. I found the start a bit slow and the end a little frustrating, but it was so breathtakingly original, it made up for it. |
06-22-2006, 04:41 PM
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| | | For those who love Master and Margarita:
Russian TV did the series based on the book. I always thought it would be extremely difficult to make it into a movie or a play, so you may be interested to have a look at their interpretation. I'd say it was so-so. Not terribly bad.    
From left to right: Margarita, Master, Woland (always imagined him to be younger and with black hair, Yeshua (hate that actor! His Yeshua is rubbish) You can watch some videos here. |
06-25-2006, 08:09 AM
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| | | Mayakovsky
i bought a bunch of books the other day i'm yet to read
but i love notes from the underground, dr zhivago,
the foremost reason i'm learning other languages is because, in my opinion, alot of the intention gets lost in translation. |
06-26-2006, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by pretty polly Russian TV did the series based on the book. I always thought it would be extremely difficult to make it into a movie or a play, so you may be interested to have a look at their interpretation. I'd say it was so-so. Not terribly bad. | I haven't seen the series, but when I read it, I thought it would make a very good epic. As long as they kept it very dark and very long. None of this Hollywood sanitisation crap. |
07-09-2006, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by kesh philistine. russia's greatest 20th cent writer | Ithaca's greatest 20th ce writer.  Though Toni Morrison would be some tough competition. Alison Lurie a little less...
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