Hey Yea Forums, weird request. I'm going on a very harsh bike ride next month, one of the requirements being that we must carry a 500+ page russian novel with us for the duration.
My limited forays into Russian lit: I read a fair number of Chekhov's stories, House of the Dead by Dostoevsky, and Master & Margarita (one of my favorite books). Got halfway through Ana Karenina and honestly just wasn't that into it. Any recommendations of something else that I'd like that's at least 500 pages?
Hey Yea Forums, weird request. I'm going on a very harsh bike ride next month...
Charles Wilson
Jonathan Reed
ngl this is probably the most impactful piece of artwork in existence on a truly human level, whether completely historically accurate or not. the terror in his eyes captures and exhibits the essence of that aspect of the human condition better than any other. truly captivating.
Alexander Adams
fuck russia, its language and its literature, peasant-tier.
John Nelson
this. if ur dating a russian ur single to me, what is ivan gonna do? beg for bread? hahaha
Jason Foster
I wouldn't go so far to say its the "most impactful" but I cant think of many paintings that capture emotion solely through the eyes as well as this.
Logan Brooks
he will call you a coomer.
Julian Moore
I bet everyone will bring War and Peace
Nolan Hernandez
Evan Green
My rec would be Life and Fate if you're looking for something higher tier or And Quiet Flows the Don for something easier (just barely over 500 pages)
Brandon Cox
yeah, or crime and punishment. trying to avoid those two cause I already have digi copies and theyre so ubiquitous when the words "russian" and "literature" are together
Thomas Scott
bring A Hero of Our Time but like with the font being really really big
Jayden Brown
For me it’s Crime and Punishment, the best Russian novel.
Angel Moore
Bring Petersburg and astound your friends with how gigantic your brain is. Make sure you get it in Russian so that you can appreciate his wordplay.
In seriousness, Petersburg is a great novel.
Nathan Gutierrez
hmm, even large print editions are only 240 pages or so. damn. Might grab it anyway, been wanting to read something in that vein
Easton Russell
bring two copies of Lolita
Nicholas Jackson
Hmm, read an excerpt and Petersburg seems a bit outside of what i'm looking for right now, a little too Joyce for my tastes. I'll keep it in mind for later though!
Carson Reyes
Demons - Dostoevsky
Jaxson Bell
What kind of hipster shit is this?
Sebastian Hernandez
Oblomov by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov. You'll probably be the only one with it since he's not that well known compared to some other Russian authors.
Joseph Bell
The Idiot
Ian Wood
I prefer 3 days later