Lizok's Bookshelf
Reading ideas from Russian classic and contemporary fiction
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Today’s “Times”: Pushkin (x2), Women’s Vodka, and Prague
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Did you ever dump a date for not knowing about Pushkin? Rachel Donadio’s essay, “ It’s Not You, It’s Your Books ” addresses this and other s...
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Orlando Figes’s “Natasha’s Dance”: Mosh Pit or Mazurka?
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Orlando Figes’s Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia attempts , as Russians say, to embrace the unembraceable. Is it possible to r...
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
News Notes: "Zeek" and the Russian Jewish Diaspora, the Abzats Antiawards
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A couple of literary news notes for today. Serious first: 1. Languor Management reports: Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and C...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Back to Classics: "The Overcoat"
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Igor Grabar's cover from the 1890s. At this superhigh level of art, literature is of course not concerned with pitying the underdog ...
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Monday, March 3, 2008
A Big List for "Big Book"
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The site for the Russian “ Big Book ” awards posted news today on nominations for the 2008 season: -371 works, totaling over 5,000 pages, ...
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