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"You can buy four kinds of Absolut vodka (no guarantee on authenticity) around the clock...and Makarov, Suvorov, Lev Tolstoy, and Rasputin vodkas.
The saleswoman yawns and says 'You know perfectly well it's all the same. They bottle it in Poland and we paste on the labels.'
'Lev Tolstoy and Rasputin are the same?' exclaimed by friend.
'What is this, relativism, deconstructivism, postmodernism?' 'If you don't like it, don't buy it,' says the saleswoman. 'No one's forcing you.'
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Excerpt, "In the Ruins of Communism" from PUSHKIN'S CHILDREN: WRITING ON RUSSIA AND RUSSIANS by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated from the Russian by Jamey Gambrell || 2003 #witmonth #womenintranslation #nonfictionlove
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Pushkin's Children compiles 20 essays from 1990-2000, the years spanning the fall of #Communism in her home country #Russia. Essays range from observational, political, to lengthy book reviews, primarily books by Russian or American authors that she praises or skewers sometimes both simultanously. They are equally enjoyable to read, regardless if you are familiar with the source material.
Took plenty of notes and highlights in this book, and will be following up with several of the books she reviews - primarily the works of David Remnick, Joseph #Brodsky (his name keeps popping up in my reading... #ValeriaLuiselli dedicated several essays to him in #Sidewalks), Alexsander #Solzhenitsyn, and David King.
Her words are FIRE illuminating the dark, melting down the old patterns/ways, and strengthening the mettle and resolve. I was already a fan of her work after Aetherial Worlds, but this book shows her skill and brilliance across form and styles.
#MidnightReads #CrimeAndPunishment #ClassicNovel #FyodorDostoyevsky #Dostoyevsky #RussianWriters #MotherRussia #Cereal #milk #Cheerios #Versace #WhiteRoses #VelvetMagazine #Chanel #LifeBeginsAfterMidnightInArabia
#تبتدي_الحياة_عند_العرب_بعد_نصف_الليل #قراءة #كتب #مجلة #دوستويڤسكي #الجريمة_والعقاب #مجلة_مخمل #نقنقة_نص_الليل #اتطورت_شبعت_توست_وجبن #كورن_فليكس #جوري_أبيض كلاسيك أدري #الورد_يجنن #ما_اتشوفوني_مدمنة_ورد #النفسية_جميلة_ورايقة_وهادية#
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#TeaWithTheLadyVelvet
«Мужчина должен подняться до целомудрия женщины, а не женщина, как это происходит теперь, спуститься до распущенности мужчины»
©Лев Толстой
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#quotes #Literature #literaturelover #literaturelovers❤️ #classicliterature #relationshipgoals #instamoment #redlipstick #redlips #aboutlife #aboutalook #russiangirlsgram #russianwriters #armeniangirl #evening #journalists #journalistdiary #host #tvhost #tvhostday #armenianhost #likeforlikeback #following #follow
7/10İyi akşamlar kitap dostları ankara 'da çimlerde kitap okuma mevsimi açıldı #maksimgorki 'nin #ayaktakımıarasında kitabını #okudumbitti . Kitap #tiyatrooyunu türünde bir yapıt. Bence #tiyatro sahnelenince bir anlam kazanıyor. Kitaptan metin olarak okunan bir oyunda betimlemeler , vurgular, karakterler yeteri kadar anlaşılamıyor ve oyun havada kalıyor. Öyle çok tiyatro oyunu okumuşluğum yok ancak okuduklarıma göre bunları söyleyebilirim. Ve henüz #shakespeare okumadım, belki o fikrimi değiştirebilir☺ Kitapta altı çizilecek çok yer var. Aklımda kalan birisi : " -Baba insanlar neden yaşarlar? -En mükemmel insana ulaşmak için yaşarlar evlat!...." diye devam eden uzun bir paragraf(111.sayfa). Bu türü seven biriyseniz okunması gereken bir eser. #kitapkurdu #kitapokuyorum #kitapkokusu #book #bookworm #bookstagram #maximgorky #russianwriters #theater #thelowerdepths #kitaptavsiyesi #kitapyorumu #bookslover #books #türkiyeişbankasıkültüryayınları #işbankasıkültüryayınları #vscobook #kitapagaci #klasikler #ilovebook #gorki #kitapdolusu #kitapaski #edebiyat
~ Di domeniche primaverili, che magari vorresti uscire, ma fuori continua a piovere; di libri lunghi, ma belli, anche se la testa in questo momento è da un'altra parte; di tulipani sbocciati e belli da innamorarsene. Di gioie, che ogni tanto, ci vengono concesse ~
#nelprimocerchio #aleksandrsolženicyn #russianliterature #russianwriters #book #bookblogger #bookface #bookphotography #bookishfeatures #bookseller #booklover #booklovers #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookworm #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabook #instareading #igbook #böcker #bokhandel #libro #libribelli #libridaleggere #vitadalibraia #sunday #aprilsweetshowers
“He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the sun, without looking.” - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. This bring-you-to-your-knees line was among many favorites we had underlined in Tolstoy’s tome, but ultimately chose “all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow” for this illustration. So many lines, so little time. #obviousstate
Когда ты загнан и забит
Людьми, заботой иль тоскою;
Когда под гробовой доскою
Все, что тебя пленяло, спит;
Когда по городской пустыне,
Отчаявшийся и больной,
Ты возвращаешься домой,
И тяжелит ресницы иней,-
Тогда - остановись на миг
Послушать тишину ночную:
Постигнешь слухом жизнь иную,
Которой днем ты не постиг;
По-новому окинешь взглядом
Даль снежных улиц, дым костра,
Ночь, тихо ждущую утра
Над белым запушенным садом,
И небо - книгу между книг;
Найдешь в душе опустошенной
Вновь образ матери склоненный,
И в этот несравненный миг -
Узоры на стекле фонарном,
Мороз, оледенивший кровь,
Твоя холодная любовь -
Все вспыхнет в сердце благодарном,
Ты все благословишь тогда,
Поняв, что жизнь - безмерно боле,
Чем quantum satis* Бранда воли,
А мир - прекрасен, как всегда.
Александр Блок
#life#myworld#love#writers#russianwriters#стихотворение#александрблок#нашмир#чудныймир#любовь#жизнь
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.” #bannedbooksweek
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Yep, I can see how an opening line like that might have riled the censors back in 1955. Not to mention that Lolita is a 12-year-old girl.
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A Russian author, writing a novel set in New York, published in France and banned in Australia, France and the UK is enough to cause a global commotion that made Lolita an instant bestseller in America upon its release.
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Trivia: The book was deemed pornographic, yet there are no explicit sex scenes.
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I haven’t read this yet, but I plan to in the coming months. What are your thoughts on what may be the most controversial book ever written?
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#lolita #nabokov #vladimirnabokov #bannedbooksweek #bannedbooksweek2018 #ireadbannedbooks #banned #russianwriters #classics #classicbooks #classicnovels
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