tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post8735265985541884277..comments2024-02-26T13:12:10.143-05:00Comments on Lizok's Bookshelf: Favorite Russian Writers A to Я: Pushkin, Pasternak, Platonov, PanovaLisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-31435481167347996602012-05-02T18:50:32.886-04:002012-05-02T18:50:32.886-04:00Thanks, Languagehat! Chess doesn't give me hiv...Thanks, Languagehat! Chess doesn't give me hives, though I haven't played since I was a child and don't remember much about the game. I see, though, that Nabokov said the book "contains and diffuses the greatest 'warmth'"... definitely a point in the book's favor!Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-91617529945186253722012-05-01T13:29:34.540-04:002012-05-01T13:29:34.540-04:00I would suggest you start with Защита Лужина, unle...I would suggest you start with Защита Лужина, unless of course chess gives you hives.languagehathttp://www.languagehat.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-57890963931258282922012-04-23T20:35:24.000-04:002012-04-23T20:35:24.000-04:00That's a very fair question, languagehat... Le...That's a very fair question, languagehat... Let's just say I haven't made any progress since the last time this topic came up! Which means <i>Король, дама, валет</i> is still staring at me. (I did read some poetry long ago.)Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932429135630556215.post-28750778069312045362012-04-23T19:54:24.464-04:002012-04-23T19:54:24.464-04:00Just curious: what have you read by Nabokov in Rus...Just curious: what have you read by Nabokov in Russian?languagehathttp://www.languagehat.com/noreply@blogger.com