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Originally Posted by SmartyPants
agree. Although i could never quite manage
Shame on me, but i just cannot stomach most russian classics... 
Perhaps its because they were beaten into us at school, when we were nowhere nearly ready for them.. |
Like some of the classics. But some are a true struggle. I lived in Russia for 7 years. I read the "Master and Margarita" in English and Russian. Definitely, the best Russian novel ever. I also like Victor Pelevin's "Чапаев и Пустота". Great book... "Clay Machine Gun". Read some Nabokov. One in Russian, one in French and mostly in English, Definitely a Master writer....
Gogol...Love for the Classics...He was ahead of his time.