tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post1345160805047361820..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Russian Literature Challenge 2014Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-56907118804593590512013-12-13T23:08:55.891-08:002013-12-13T23:08:55.891-08:00I'll be really interested to see what you thin...I'll be really interested to see what you think of Fathers and Sons and Notes From Underground, both of which I read in school and cannot for the life of me remember anything about. Also, Eugene Onegin is on my TBR list, so maybe I'll join that readalong.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-29131950520629473172013-12-11T17:45:02.917-08:002013-12-11T17:45:02.917-08:00Ooh, new translation of Brothers Karamazov? I'...Ooh, new translation of Brothers Karamazov? I'm going to check that out... <br /><br />Again, I'm glad you're joining in :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-34064829307471351992013-12-11T01:58:10.381-08:002013-12-11T01:58:10.381-08:00Great plans! I also have Nabokov's lectures do...Great plans! I also have Nabokov's lectures downloaded, so thanks for reminding me to actually read them :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-32501804389393320372013-12-10T20:00:57.520-08:002013-12-10T20:00:57.520-08:00Babette Deutsch, huh? This time it will seem like...Babette Deutsch, huh? This time it will seem like an entirely different poem.<br /><br />The Charles Johnston version is excellent. I do not know the two you mention. As long as the translation is post-Nabokov, it ought to be fine. Standards were raised by his scholarship.<br /><br /><i>Lectures on Russian Literature</i> is wonderful, and you are right, there is something to be said for reading ahead of the lecture rather than behind it. But you can hop around, too.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com