The Russian Literature(Русская литература) thread.

Below a list of (classic)Russian authors:

Mikhail Bulgakov - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bulgakov
Anton Chekhov - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky
Nikolai Gogol - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol
Ivan Goncharov - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Goncharov
Mikhail Lermontov - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lermontov
Vladimir Nabokov - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
Boris Pasternak - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Pasternak
Alexander Pushkin - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin
Lev Tolstoy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy
Ivan Turgenev - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Turgenev

If you want to discuss Dostoyevsky specifically, there is already a great thread for it: ktt2.com/fyodor-dostoevsky-thread-32512441

Let me know which books you read from Russian authors and what you think of it and what you are planning to read

in, only familiar with dosto and tolstoj. meant to explore more of them lately

Pushkin's Mozart and Salieri is my favorite play ever written. Little Tragedies as a whole is my favorite book ever too

Bought Childhood,Boyhood and Youth by Tolstoy and Winter Notes on Summer Impressions by Dostoevsky but not sure if I'm in the mood for them atm, reading some Hesse rn

Fathers and Sons by Turgenev is great I finished it in a weekend

A timeless depiction of generational conflict during social upheaval, it vividly portrays the clash between the older Russian aristocracy and the youthful radicalism that foreshadowed the revolution to come—and offers modern-day readers much to reflect upon as they look around at their own tumultuous, ever changing world.

In

Haven't read anything from Nabokov.
I started with Lolita but gave up after a few pages. Not really sure why but something put me off.

Did you read Pale Fire in Russian or English?
Thought it was written in English by Nabokov, correct?

Definitely agree.

Really groot book on the subjects you mentioned and nihilism.

lolita subject matter alone turns me off lmao.
when i'll check nabokov i'll pretend this book doesn't exist

i read The Death of Ivan Ilyich i thought it was cool

Master and the Margarita a classic.

I only read Dog's heart by Bulgakov and I liked the story but not his writing.

How difficult is Master and Margarita to follow?

in

finished notes from the underground yesterday

What did you think of it?

Would love to hear it

odd that’s probably the best way i can sum it up for me

Like the man’s whole treatment of Liza and how he tries to suck up to the general just made me disdain him but that’s the point lol, especially with his lashing out in Liza it seemed to me less likely he was lashing out at Liza but more at him self but was directing it to her.

the beginning i was confused like who’s he talking to about this argument about rationality i guess i got the point it to introduce us to the characters philosophy.

I’ve read crime and punishment didn’t finish it tho, only got to the crime part but this book was the first one i finished by Doestivisky, gonna read the double next

I feel you, the first part can be intimidating. I still don’t fully get it, read it 2 times and planning to reread it soon. Need to really take my time with it for the reread.

I read the double but that was another confusing one if you ask me. Interesting read tho

for the philosophical part i guess it would help to know Russia at that time, i think D was arguing against the rational liberals at the time arguing that humans can create the perfect society rationally cause man was a rational being , which D was against since he was in touch with the common people at the time which many of the russian liberals were farly disconnected from and see how irrational and neurotic they were, which he shows with the opening argument and the man’s whole story.

Read The Kiss by Chekhov a while back and I've always liked Russian lit,

Read a couple books for classes in uni, Fathers and Sons, Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya. Ngl found Vanya the hardest to get into

Not sure what big Russian novel I will read next.

War & Peace or The Brothers Karamazov?

Karamazov got me in an epiphany fam, definitely that

Finally decided to use my Russian speaking skills and read the classics in the original language. i'm not a native speaker and it's been almost 10 years since i learned the language so it's probably gonna be a dificult task, might have to read them with google translator open on the side but the flex of saying "i read the russian classics in russian" makes it worth it lmao. Imma become the most fun mf at parties.

I think I mentioned it in some other thread but my paper on translating m&m held me from getting kicked out of uni at some point