tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post692924286642464146..comments2024-02-26T13:12:10.143-05:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: Warning: “Notes from Underground” Dangerous to KidsLisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-50803174667052062802008-10-22T15:23:00.000-04:002008-10-22T15:23:00.000-04:00That's funny, cat, that you also first read Baba Y...That's funny, cat, that you also first read Baba Yaga stories. Those just fascinated me! I also remember reading "The Endless Steppe," about an exiled family and, eventually, classics, beginning with Chekhov. <BR/><BR/>Moscow in the mid-'90s was definitely something! I was fortunate to have some fun jobs that included great travel opportunities.Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-3860151745848283942008-10-22T07:23:00.000-04:002008-10-22T07:23:00.000-04:00Hmm, I think the first Russian stories I read were...Hmm, I think the first Russian stories I read were also Baba Yaga - I had a book of Василиса Прекрасчая with beautiful illustrations. As a teenager I fell in love with Russian literature properly, via Tolstoy, Chekhov and Dostoevsky, then decided to study it at University...I enjoy reading about contemporary authors on your site because I don't know much about them :) <BR/><BR/>I also lived in Russia in the 90s - the mid-90s in Moscow were quite something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com