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bokolobs · 11-20-2010, 10:47 PM

i recommend:

A Sportsman's Sketches by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8597
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8744

There is something christmassy about this book for me, sitting up in bed with a scotch or coffee on the night stand while devouring the short pieces. i read it every year.

“The first of Turgenev’s masterpieces . . . A Sportman’s Notebook conveys the vastness and beauty of rural Russia. It shows also the eccentricity, cruelty and nobility of many of its inhabitants . . . [Turgenev] was a careful writer, alive to each nuance of language and subtlety of style.”
—from the Introduction by Max Egremont

and also, @dreams The Brothers Karamazov for Christmas?! Really?! Not unless you want to compound your depression and finally kill yourself.

Respect..

11-20-2010, 10:47 PM	#16
bokolobs Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 69050 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: NST, DX, PW1, Voyage, Oasis (1 week), Kobo Aura One (1 week)	i recommend: A Sportsman's Sketches by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8597 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8744 There is something christmassy about this book for me, sitting up in bed with a scotch or coffee on the night stand while devouring the short pieces. i read it every year. “The first of Turgenev’s masterpieces . . . A Sportman’s Notebook conveys the vastness and beauty of rural Russia. It shows also the eccentricity, cruelty and nobility of many of its inhabitants . . . [Turgenev] was a careful writer, alive to each nuance of language and subtlety of style.” —from the Introduction by Max Egremont and also, @dreams The Brothers Karamazov for Christmas?! Really?! Not unless you want to compound your depression and finally kill yourself. Respect..