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What are some good books by Russian authors?
I could google it but I wanted to hear some opinions from people on here. Would 'Brothers Karamazov' or 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' be a better book to start with?

>> No.4170131

>>4170106
Well OP, I'm reading Brothers Karamazov now and I love it. While I haven't read 'One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich' I would highly recommend The Brothers Karamazov.

>> No.4170137

Zamyatin's "We" is alright, not a fan of how it's written really (although I've only read the translation) but it really sets the stage for dystopian novels.

>> No.4170138

Try out The Master and Margarita. Shit's great, yo

>> No.4170193

>>4170106
Victor Pelevin is pretty cool. Buddha's Little Finger is a good place to start with him.

Of course, it's always better if you speak Russian.

>> No.4170769

>>4170131
Also reading Brothers K here, and it's a good fucking time. Every couple of pages I have to underline and mark the page where Dosty dropped a literary bomb so I can come back and read it later.

OP, go read some Dostoyevsky.

>> No.4171811

The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin.

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>>4170138
This nigga gets it

>> No.4175827

This is only 1900s+

Mikhail Bulgakov - Heart of A Dog, Master and Margarita
Varlam Shamalov - Kolyma Tales
Vasily Grossman - Forever Flowing, Life and Fate
Boris Pasternak - Doctor Zhivago
Solzhenitsyn - The First Circle, Cancer Ward, August 1914
Ivan Bunin - The Village

russian lit is the best, hands down

>> No.4175832

>>4170106
If you want to get into Dostoevsky, I'd start with Notes from Underground or Crime and Punishment (or the one you listed).

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You should consider eventually reading Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov. It's not as often talked about but I read it last year and absolutely loved it. The picture is my edition, I was attracted to it as soon as I saw it.

>> No.4175877

>>4175827
>>4175854
Any specific translators recommended for these?

>> No.4175897

>ctrl-f Gogol
>nothing
I was hoping somebody could recommend me a translation for Dead Souls.

>> No.4175904

>>4175877
I'm the worst when it comes to translations. I usually just read whatever I find at the bookstore and pick up other versions as I find them. My copy in the picture was translate by Natalie Duddington who has translated a some other Russian works, including The Golovlyov Family. It was good but I had nothing to compare it to, so maybe do a bit of a google search before buying.

>> No.4175909

>>4175904
Example quote:
"I’m like a shabby, threadbare coat, worn out not because of exposure to the elements or hard work but because for twelve years a light has been burning inside me, unable to find an outlet and doing nothing but illuminating the walls of its own prison and, finding no opening to the outside world, has just been snuffed out for lack of oxygen.``

>> No.4175914

No Lolita in this thread?

>> No.4175918

I'm enjoying We right now.
I liked Brothers Karamazov and Notes from Underground.
Invitation to a Beheading was okay to me.
Chekhov might be good, idk I haven't read him.

>> No.4176414

I read the Brothers Karamazov as my first classic, and whilst I did enjoy it, so much of it just went over my head.

Seriously man I felt like dropping the book after reading that chapter with the elder Zozima's homilies. The Grand Inquisitor was great though, and there were some really interesting characters (I found Ivan and Smerdyakov fascinating).

It's a shame the sequel never got written though, I definitely would have read it.

>> No.4176419

>>4176414
>not finding Alyosha fascinating
>13 years after 2000

>> No.4176436

>>4176419

I did actually, that's what kept me slogging through the Zosima ramblings.

What the hell happened to Lise by the way? Why the hell did she just go mental all of a sudden?

>> No.4176474

>>4175897

But he's not Russian lol.

>> No.4176617

>>4176474
???

>> No.4176618

>>4176436
>Why the hell did she just go mental all of a sudden?

That's how Russian women work

>> No.4176868

>>4176474
>>4176617

Hes ukranian, but back then the ukraine was part of the russian empire. still counts