tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post6207816235755744881..comments2024-02-26T13:12:10.143-05:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: News Digest: NOS(E) Award, Lists, UK Events, a Finnish Book &tc.Lisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-18280179841726793052014-01-28T19:36:18.337-05:002014-01-28T19:36:18.337-05:00I have no idea... so just for fun I searched the t...I have no idea... so just for fun I searched the terms опрос любимое произведение Пушкина. I only looked at a few results but I certainly got a full spectrum of Pushkin! One survey had <i>Onegin</i> in the lead but another went for short poems, plus there was an article listing a few writers' favorites; some chose prose. <br /><br />One other note: Aron was born in Moscow but came to the US when he was 24. Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-51707463365189627592014-01-28T17:26:39.251-05:002014-01-28T17:26:39.251-05:00(Er, "do too." The preview is there for...(Er, "do too." The preview is there for a reason!)Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-35201846823845670262014-01-28T17:25:43.930-05:002014-01-28T17:25:43.930-05:00It's funny: it's short lyrical poems that ...<i>It's funny: it's short lyrical poems that dominated my grad school experience with Pushkin</i><br /><br />Oh, sure, we mostly encounter Pushkin first through those poems; I certainly did, and I imagine Russians do to. But I question the "foremost," since I would think the first thing that would pop into a Russian's head if you asked "What did Pushkin write?" would be <i>Onegin</i>. But maybe I'm wrong!Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-44977059799794472812014-01-28T09:47:15.142-05:002014-01-28T09:47:15.142-05:00Thanks for stopping by, clairemca! I see you'v...Thanks for stopping by, clairemca! I see you've been reading <i>Onegin</i>... that's another one I've been meaning to dust off for years! Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-83226696492900693912014-01-28T01:58:51.707-05:002014-01-28T01:58:51.707-05:00Lots of good reads coming, must dust off my Crime ...Lots of good reads coming, must dust off my Crime and Punishment for reading this year, looking forward to the reviews, like you, it's rare to get to the events, but still good to know about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-30641099854775437522014-01-27T09:17:33.916-05:002014-01-27T09:17:33.916-05:00Thanks for your comment, Languagehat. It's fun...Thanks for your comment, Languagehat. It's funny: it's short lyrical poems that dominated my grad school experience with Pushkin and that feels very proper in its own way. And I enjoyed the poems, which feels very proper, too. Still, it's the Belkin Tales I've always loved most, partly because they're the first Pushkin I read in Russian, partly because they were fun and memorably, and partly because of my prose bias. <br /><br />As for Aron's translation, yes, that line feels a little clipped!Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-89972281939432713222014-01-26T20:05:55.016-05:002014-01-26T20:05:55.016-05:00That Aron piece is nice (though I wonder if all Ru...That Aron piece is nice (though I wonder if all Russians would agree that "Pushkin is first and foremost the author of short lyrical poems"). I think he should have looked twice, though, at his rendition "I want to live to think and to suffer" and noticed how awkward and ambiguous it is; English demands a connective: "I want to live in order to think and to suffer" or "I want to live so that I can think and suffer."Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.com