What are you reading right now?

zachsd · 03-08-2011, 02:04 PM

^^^ I read that a little while ago. Very good! I always like books were isolation/alienation is a major theme.

adidasss · 03-08-2011, 02:38 PM

Ana Karenina - too lazy to read it in highschool, making up for a wasted education. Much better and more convincing than Dostoevsky with regards to love and romance and the subtleties of human emotion.

Palatable Vera · 03-09-2011, 06:04 PM

Speaking of Dostoevsky:

This is my first time actually reading it despite having it for about two years. I like it so far, and am currently at that "At The Khokhlakovs" chapter. I have the Andrew MacAndrew translation (couldn't find a picture of that on Google), and it seems pretty nice. I've compared his, the Constance Garnett, and the Pevear/Volokhonsky one and the MacAndrew one seems more readable. I like it so far, but I don't think it's going to be as amazing as people say it is.

adidasss · 03-10-2011, 12:33 AM

Of the 4 books I've read by him, I'd say that one is the least memorable. The idiot is his best work methinks.

dankrsta · 03-10-2011, 03:00 AM

^For me, it's between the The Idiot and Crime and Punishment.

adidasss · 03-10-2011, 03:44 AM

Yeah, it's a close call, but I just thought The idiot had a better, more consistant rythm. And bonus points for keeping me interested even without any blood and gore (or anything else substantial happening) throughout its lenghty run...

Palatable Vera · 03-10-2011, 01:52 PM

The only other book by him I've read is Notes From Underground, so I'm not really in the position to judge.

Goblin Tears · 03-13-2011, 03:30 PM

Finished Crime & Punishment, just starting The Idiot now...C&P gave me the chills. Raskolnikov and his Napoleonic theories are just so

dankrsta · 03-13-2011, 04:06 PM

^For more challenging theories, especially existential ones, definitely read his "The Possessed" or "Demons". I'm not sure what's the right translation in English. From the Russian title, I think Demons is more spot on. Another great book.

DoctorSoft · 03-13-2011, 09:38 PM

Reading Romeo and Juliet for school. Goddamn is it boring.

03-08-2011, 02:04 PM	#3321 (permalink)
zachsd Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 347	^^^ I read that a little while ago. Very good! I always like books were isolation/alienation is a major theme. __________________ lastfm rym

03-08-2011, 02:38 PM	#3322 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Ana Karenina - too lazy to read it in highschool, making up for a wasted education. Much better and more convincing than Dostoevsky with regards to love and romance and the subtleties of human emotion. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

03-09-2011, 06:04 PM	#3323 (permalink)
Palatable Vera Quad? Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 125	Speaking of Dostoevsky: This is my first time actually reading it despite having it for about two years. I like it so far, and am currently at that "At The Khokhlakovs" chapter. I have the Andrew MacAndrew translation (couldn't find a picture of that on Google), and it seems pretty nice. I've compared his, the Constance Garnett, and the Pevear/Volokhonsky one and the MacAndrew one seems more readable. I like it so far, but I don't think it's going to be as amazing as people say it is. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/PalatableVera

03-10-2011, 12:33 AM	#3324 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Of the 4 books I've read by him, I'd say that one is the least memorable. The idiot is his best work methinks. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	^For me, it's between the The Idiot and Crime and Punishment. __________________ Last.fm

03-10-2011, 03:44 AM	#3326 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Yeah, it's a close call, but I just thought The idiot had a better, more consistant rythm. And bonus points for keeping me interested even without any blood and gore (or anything else substantial happening) throughout its lenghty run... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

03-10-2011, 01:52 PM	#3327 (permalink)
Palatable Vera Quad? Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 125	The only other book by him I've read is Notes From Underground, so I'm not really in the position to judge. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/PalatableVera

03-13-2011, 03:30 PM	#3328 (permalink)
Goblin Tears Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 337	Finished Crime & Punishment, just starting The Idiot now...C&P gave me the chills. Raskolnikov and his Napoleonic theories are just so

03-13-2011, 04:06 PM	#3329 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	^For more challenging theories, especially existential ones, definitely read his "The Possessed" or "Demons". I'm not sure what's the right translation in English. From the Russian title, I think Demons is more spot on. Another great book. __________________ Last.fm

03-13-2011, 09:38 PM	#3330 (permalink)
DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	Reading Romeo and Juliet for school. Goddamn is it boring.