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Finished this masterpiece a while ago. It is by far the most accessible Russian novel I have read.I tried Gogol, Dostoyevski and Tolstoi, but in comparison they felt sluggish, the characters often had some trivial motivation. Can anyone recommend me some pretentious Russian literature, so I can trick myself into believing I'm not just a retard?

>> No.21894657

>>21894654
What the heck the letters are all messed up

>> No.21894665

>>21894657
just learn cyrillic anon. Took classes in university, that was before the times of russia bad though.

>> No.21894672

Dr. Zhivago is underrated on this board. But Dead Souls actually features a character in the second life similar to Oblomov

>> No.21894681

>>21894672
Thanks anon will check out Dr. Zhivago

>> No.21894695

>>21894681
If you like it then you will probably also enjoy Laurus

>> No.21894708

u felt like the character had trivial motivation in crime and punishment?

on another note try some of Chekhov's story stories

>> No.21894713

Ablomuf

>> No.21894714

>>21894708
He is probably being somewhat sarcastic since Oblomov had no motivation and is very sluggish. Chekhov is outstanding though, he and Gogol and the titans of the Russian short story

>> No.21894720
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>>21894714

agree. by the way here is a cool book that analyses several Russian short stories from the perspective of a writer. Saunders does a great job of demonstrating just why the Russians were so good

>> No.21894745

>>21894654
Gogol is effortlessly easy to read. Kafka and Gogol entertain me forever.
Also try Russian Nabokov. (also Turgenev).

>> No.21894749

>>21894714
Indeed, I prefer Gogol, but Chekov is masterful. If you like his plays, check out Gorky of course.

>> No.21894751

>>21894720
Nice, thanks for the rec. Do you know if Nabokov’s lectures on Russian literature are worth reading? I found his commentary on Eugene Onegin very enjoyable

>> No.21894752

>>21894665
Lmao. Russian state has always been opposed to Russian writers. Reading Russian works isn't pro-government no matter who you read. Even Dugins daughter was blown up by FSB.

>> No.21894755

>>21894749
I still have to, he’s the only major Russian writer I haven’t gotten to yet

>> No.21894797

>>21894665
Cyrillic was very easy (at first glance) to learn because it resembles the greek alphabet quite a bit
We use B, П, Ф, Х, Л, P the same way as they do.
И and Й are the near-equivalent of η.
What filters me completely and breaks my flow when reading the script are ye, yo, yu, ya. Not to mention the Ц, Ч sounds
The very basic grammar also feels familiar (probably because it was based on a form of medieval greek) but I heard it gets significantly harder as you advance.

>> No.21894906

>>21894714
>he and Gogol and the titans of the Russian short story
Wouldn't you say Tolstoy supersedes them?

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>800 pages
>4 parts
>18 chapters
>nothing happens

>> No.21895012

>>21895001
kino

>> No.21895020

>>21894906
NO.

>> No.21895026

>>21894755
If you want to start to get in to him, Renoir and Kurosawa both made excellent adaptations of The Lower Depths. Of course read the play afterwards, but Kurosawa's especially is a beautiful adaptation.

>> No.21895036

>>21894654
Finised these masterpice awhile agow. Itis buy far the most accesible Russian Novel I Have red. I tried google, dostoesvki, and tolsoi, but in comparision thay felt slugish, the caracteres ofen had same triviall Motivation. can anyon reccommend me som pretentiouse russian litteralure, so i can tric myselfe into beleiving im not just a ratard?

>> No.21895388

>>21894654
Turguenev and Aksakov

>> No.21895405

>>21895001
my favourite type of book

>> No.21896159

>>21894654
try sampling different translations, P&V seem to be the most popular for modern translations of Russian lit, but I've found them to be terrible to read

Also, Oblomov is basically my diary desu

>> No.21897257

Mmm.

>> No.21897295

>>21894665

>taking classes to learn cyrillic

lol, lmao even
and Russia is shit, not sure why incels are such a fan of it, is it the porn?