tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post1805485082837727105..comments2024-02-26T13:12:10.143-05:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: Erofeyev on Medvedev in the "Times"Lisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-55346104138966100592008-03-03T21:37:00.000-05:002008-03-03T21:37:00.000-05:00Thanks Lizok. Darn. I thought of Gogol too. Perhap...Thanks Lizok. Darn. I thought of Gogol too. Perhaps it's not a true memory. I'm pretty sure I saw it as a quote somewhere. If you think of it or hear of it, perhaps you could track me down and let me know. Googling doesn't do anything. Maybe if you googled in cyrhillic? :)<BR/><BR/>I like your comment about recovering my memory of the story. It's funny how this works. All of life is memory and story. <BR/><BR/>Jerry<BR/><A HREF="www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog" REL="nofollow"> Memory Writers Network </A>Jerry Waxlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945251286691895431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-41347728142441139892008-03-03T08:56:00.000-05:002008-03-03T08:56:00.000-05:00Dear Jerry, Thank you for your comment. I wish I c...Dear Jerry, <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comment. I wish I could answer your question but I can't think of anything! I wonder about Gogol, though my own memory might be forcing that thought because he often wrote about office workers and bureaucrats.<BR/><BR/>Some of my favorite Russian literary passages related to memory are from <I>War and Peace</I>. Nikolai, in particular, has some interesting selective recollections when recalling the war. <BR/><BR/>Orlando Figes addresses the corruption of memory toward the end of <I>The Whisperers</I>. This is very important to his book because he uses so much oral history. I wrote about that book at http://lizoksbooks.blogspot.com/2008/02/orlando-figess-whisperers.html<BR/><BR/>Good luck recovering your own memory of the story!<BR/>LLisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-76162393645578486822008-03-02T08:59:00.000-05:002008-03-02T08:59:00.000-05:00I'm so intrigued to find your Russian fiction blog...I'm so intrigued to find your Russian fiction blog. I write about writing, and I have been searching for my writing voice for years. I remember in the cavernous reaches of my memory a quote from some Russian story in which an office worker who wanted to write, "found his voice" and got up on his desk and started dancing in celebration. I want to quote that scene but I can't remember it. Do you know the scene I'm talking about?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Jerry<BR/><A HREF="http://www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog" REL="nofollow"> Memory Writers Network </A>Jerry Waxlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945251286691895431noreply@blogger.com