tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post3814836142980949980..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Notes From the UndergroundJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-57920042559107552882014-05-21T22:35:20.366-07:002014-05-21T22:35:20.366-07:00I have read The Gift before, yes, but in about 199...I have read The Gift before, yes, but in about 1994. I remember liking it, but nothing else, and I didn't know anything about Russian literature at the time, so I must have missed...well, everything. I wasn't very good at being a lit major, really. Library work now, I can totally do that.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-67735659662495087772014-05-21T06:55:22.391-07:002014-05-21T06:55:22.391-07:00I would not exactly say that Russians read the two...I would not exactly say that Russians read the two books together, but they are much more likely to know that the Chernyshevsky novel at least exists and to have come across some of the literary history. It's not a complete mystery like it seems to be for most outsiders.<br /><br />You've read <i>The Gift</i> before, I think? I want to read it again soon, too. I referred to it once in a while, writing up Ch. and Dost., and was amazed at its density. And of course quality - it is Nabokov at his best.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-12774178820045207982014-05-20T12:33:04.386-07:002014-05-20T12:33:04.386-07:00Thanks, Cleopatra--you will want to ILL the 1989 e...Thanks, Cleopatra--you will want to ILL the 1989 edition of What is to be Done? or else read one of the old translations that are floating around digitally. Check out the readalong recently hosted by Tom at Wuthering Expectations--he gives some help with that. http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-50677288898063343902014-05-20T12:31:21.722-07:002014-05-20T12:31:21.722-07:00Ruth, they are not exactly enjoyable, but they'...Ruth, they are not exactly enjoyable, but they're hugely valuable for the arguments they're making. So I hope you have a good time with them.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-68609097506478375572014-05-20T12:28:44.747-07:002014-05-20T12:28:44.747-07:00An absolutely fantastic review, Jean! You have ma...An absolutely fantastic review, Jean! You have managed to explain a book by Dostoyevsky, which is indeed a major accomplishment (I'm still trying to write a review of <i>The Idiot</i>). And thanks for the information about Chernyshevsky --- I had no idea <i>Notes</i> was a response to <i>What Is To Be Done?</i>. It doesn't sound like it might be easy to find a copy of it, but I'm going to start searching.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-40626387443714802702014-05-20T10:26:20.484-07:002014-05-20T10:26:20.484-07:00So interesting, I want to read both of them. I th...So interesting, I want to read both of them. I think I'll add them to my TBR list. Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.com