So I've given up on Russian fantasy and have decided to try Russian literature instead. Is War and Peace a good place to start?
Russian Literature
Jordan Cruz
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Matthew Hall
No. Crime and punishment is the obligatory start
Blake Ross
>flag
too long and complicated for you honestly
Liam Lewis
It is. Still in book 2 but it's honestly really catchy.
Joshua Adams
Jesus Christ, it's most boring shit in the world, manual for freezer is more interesting than that shit.
Gabriel Lee
Read Gogol
Michael Wright
>Russian fantasy
Do you mean pulp fiction with shitty CGI covers or something else? And what are yiur prefrences in general?
Elijah Green
I would start with shorter books, just to get the feel of it.
I'd recommend A hero of our time, Novels from Petersburg, any Chekhov short story or play, the death of Ivan Illich.
Anything from Chekhov and Gogol is really good
Isaac Gomez
>1585 pages
That’s the handheld softcover size. Errrmmm how about you read something pragmatic?
Asher Cox
Don't be like that, Ivan. Us Americans aren't as dumb as everyone thinks we are. People mistake our ignorance for stupidity.
>Still in book 2
Is this a series of books?
But it's about the French invasion of Russia. How can that be borning?
No, I mean high fantasy; swords, magic, elves, you know the rest.
What books has he written?
Thanks.
Benjamin Nguyen
I loved War and Peace tbqh
this is probably a good recommendation though
Jackson Rogers
What's the that about?
I have a really fast reading speed so it won't be a problem.
Liam Bennett
also the pic u posted is my fav english translation of it
Jaxson Mitchell
Gogol's works are steeped in folklore and dark romanticism. Hints of Poe.
Grayson Reed
Man, did you read that huh? No? Then just trust me, this shit was written to torture russian speak schoolboys, to show them how Hell looks like.
William Davis
Read Sholokhov.
Xavier King
No. I love Russian literature but this is the one book I couldn't finish. I watched a mini series based on it and even that was boring.
Carson Bell
Lmao, brainlet hohol.
>high fantasy
Can you give some examples? All russian "high" fantasy is kinda trash as far as i know.
Kevin Wilson
The Toвapищ Гитлep serie
William Thompson
>fast reading
So why don't you just tead the resume?
Carson Clark
I'm going to read Tolstoi soon
Ian Bell
There are multiple English translations? How come?
Thanks again. Are you the Swiss guy that likes Tolkien too?
Who's that?
How is it borning? It's about the French invasion of Russia.
>Can you give some examples?
Lord of the Rings, Age of Sigmar, the older Elder Scrolls games.
I'm not speed-reading. I'm saying my natural reading speed is quick.
Joseph Bennett
>I've given up on Russian fantasy
What have you read?
Luis Hall
No. I read the first few pages and instantly closed the book and threw it out. It was so fucking awful.
Henry Richardson
If you want to get acquainted with Russian literature, then I advise you to read Gogol. First of all, "Old Woman Izergil" and "Portrait".
Carter King
By the way, "Izergil" is from Maxim Gorky.
Henry Cooper
Yes, pretty sure I'm the only Swiss who posts in book threads
Lincoln Johnson
>Don't be like that, Ivan. Us Americans aren't as dumb as everyone thinks we are. People mistake our ignorance for stupidity.
>Us Americans aren't as dumb
>Us Americans
For fucksake.
Camden Diaz
It's not that I have read Russian fantasy books, it's just I can't find them. All the books that I have seen are basically alt-history (IE: what if the Tsar wasn't killed) Thanks.
What?
Based.
Lincoln Wright
I doubt most Americans are versed in Russian literature other than The Gulag Archipelago and that was mostly because its message is commies=bad.
Adrian Lewis
Maybe also read "Monday beggins in Saturday"
Jonathan Lee
Russian "classic" literature boring af and shit.
Who thinks the same?
Noah Allen
No, read The Master and Margarita first
Leo Taylor
I liked crime and punishment.
Easton Thompson
the brainlet hohol
Jayden Collins
That book sucks. Honestly I don't understand the hype over that stupid book at all.
Go read Chekhov's "Ward No.6" and "Ariadne", the incel anthem.
Dostoevsky is entertainming but pretty overrated imo, all his characters and plots are retarded. Like honestly Turgenev is a better writer in terms of style.
Nothing wrong with Tolstoy though.
Xavier Campbell
Americans, gopniks and retards on Jow Forums
Mason Powell
Fantasy is trashy romance novels for soymen. To this day I've never found a fantasy novel that wasnt complete trash, with the partial exception of Terry Pratchett
Lincoln Cooper
I've read only Master and Margarita and Crime and Punishment, because they were school lectures, but I enjoyed them. It's definitely not the archaic, overly verbose type of stuff you could expect from classic literature.
Wyatt Gonzalez
>That book sucks. Honestly I don't understand the hype over that stupid book at all.
Honestly I don't understand the hype over ALL OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE.
>Dostoevsky
hard to read boring and depressed shit
>Leo Tolstoy
long to read boring and sissy naive romantic shit
>Bulgakov
naive ""mysterious"" and predictable af shit
>Gogol
redneck-style ukrainian-russian nonsense understandable only to the locals
>Strugatsky Brothers
ugly sci-fi and fantasy racemixes like stalker-shit with "unknown radiation area" and "executor of desires".
Why do foreigners appreciate Russian literature?
Ian Fisher
maybe you have a shit taste
Jaxon Jenkins
>muh elves and dwarves
>muh swordfighting and magic
>muh heroes and villains
gay
Brandon Gomez
>have a fucking galaxy masters like Lem and Sapkowski
>read a shitty russian authors and pulp fiction tier novels
This is what I call Polish autism.
Cameron Martinez
If that's all you see in a book, you are a brainlet
Jose Rodriguez
Faithful Ruslan