tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post2212589647978087465..comments2024-02-26T13:12:10.143-05:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: Autumn 2016 Combined Trip Report: Moscow and OaklandLisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-46142368069172835972016-12-12T22:14:45.024-05:002016-12-12T22:14:45.024-05:00Thank you for your comment, Margarita! I'm gla...Thank you for your comment, Margarita! I'm glad you're finished with your program--congratulations!--and wish you lots of happy reading in your new life. :) <br /><br /><i>Zuleikha</i> is a lot of fun to translate and I hope very much that you enjoy the book. (There's no acupuncture for me to ask you about...) And Dostoevsky, I have to admit that I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying the book... then again, I'm surprised that much of anything stuck with me from when I was 18: as you well know, it's a pretty heavy book for kids! Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-46877177286993415012016-12-12T15:54:07.826-05:002016-12-12T15:54:07.826-05:00Lisa, I am thrilled to see you are translating Yak...Lisa, I am thrilled to see you are translating Yakhina's novel. I did not have a lot of room to pack books coming back from home, but "Zuleikha" made it through! Next on my list to read, now that I am officially done with my graduate program and can return to reading what I love! Looking forward to the translation. BTW, I well remember queuing up for hours as a foreign language student to enter the main pavilion of the Book Fair at the VDNKh, in the hope of snagging some good foreign language books when they were not easy to come by. Good to see that things have righted themselves, and good Russian language books are in high demand as well. And lastly, thank you for encouraging us to read Dostoyevsky - as you know we suffer through Crime and Punishment in 9th grade. I have an old paperback copy of the Brothers Karamazov someone gave me in the US, translated by M Garnett, not sure how it compares to modern translations.Margaritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881183618919071579noreply@blogger.com