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Cargando... The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature (2017)por Viv Groskop
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Follow the author on her journey to discovering her non-so-Russian roots through the life lessons of eleven classic pieces of Russian literature. The conversational writing style is not for me, but it can be considered an entertaining little book. ( ) This is a great little book about the Russian classics. It is not only a fantastic introduction for anyone not familiar with the great Russian writers, but a nice recap for those already familiar with Russian literature and who have read many of the novels and plays referenced in the book. This is NOT a stuffy, scholarly work. It is a funny (at times), witty, and scratching at the surface introduction to these literature pieces. The book is written in conversational style and it reads as if the author was having a conversation with you the reader. You will definitely come away with more information about these novels and a greater appreciation for them. The author’s own journey to Russian literature was interesting as well. Each chapter also has a subtitle with a witty comment about the book which was appreciated. For those interested, the following works are discussed in the book: • Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy • Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak • Requiem by Anna Akhmatova • A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev • Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky • Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn • The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov • Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol • War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy At the conclusion of the book, the author has written a Recommended Reading guide to the editions of the above books she used when writing this book as well as some additional resources to explore. I really enjoyed this book, not just because I already am a fan of Russian literature and own many of these books, but also because it was easy to read and digest her take on these books. You do not need to be a fan of Russian literature to enjoy this book, just a little curious to take a peek under the hood. Highly recommended. Olin hivenen pettynyt, kun tämäkin osoittautui enemmän nykyajalle tyypilliseksi autofiktioksi kuin filosofiseksi pohdinnaksi elämästä. Toki sitä filosofointiakin oli mukana ja seassa klassikoiden hahmoja ja juonenkäänteitä kuten myös kirjailijoiden elämistä poimittuja relevantteja piirteitä ja tapahtumia. Oikeastaan kirjailijoiden omat elämät rinnastettuna heidän romaaniensa teemoihin oli tämän teoksen parasta antia. Kirjailijan itsensä tarina omia juuria ja identiteettiään etsivänä ihmisenä oli sympaattinen, mutta jotenkin epäkiinnostava. Ehkä se oli kuitenkin kovin lattea? Olisin kaivannut syväluotaavampaa asennetta - enemmän paljastuksia, kuten nykymaailmassa vaaditaan! No ei, mutta sen sijaan, että olisin nauttinut henkilökohtaisesta otteesta tässä sukelluksessa venäläiseen kirjallisuuteen, pidin sitä lähinnä tylsänä ja turhana ja kovin toisteisena sanahelinänä. Onhan toisaalta niinkin, että nykymaailma kaipaa selkeää punaista lankaa, joka nostetaan aika ajoin esiin, ettei kukaan vain eksy matkalla... Mainio, huumorin ryydittämä ja väliin syvällinenkin johdatus venäläisten klassikoiden maailmaan brittiläiseltä russofiililtä, joka kirjallisuusesittelyjen lomassa muistelee nuoruuttaan ja Venäjällä vietettyä opintovuotta. Eräänlaisen kehyskertomuksen muodostaa suuri pieni tarina identiteetin ja omien sukujuurien etsinnästä ja vaille vastakaikua jäävästä rakkaudesta, jonka kautta Groskop peilaa lukukokemuksiaan. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A literary self-help memoir about using the Russian Classics to find the answer to life's most important questions.Viv Groskop has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina) to being in love with someone who doesn't love you back enough (The Master and Margarita),or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov's work). This is a literary self-help memoir, with examples from the author's own life that reflect the lessons of literature, only in a much less poetic way than Tolstoy probably intended, and with an emphasis on being excessively paranoid about having an emerging moustache on your upper lip, just like Natasha in War and Peace. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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