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i havent heard of him,. I always welcome book recommendations and the more if its russian literature!!

 4 years ago 

aha! then, let me recomend you

  1. his short stories (i have no idea about the names for English compilations, but basically, his early stories from 1980-es and 90-es, dedicated (mostly) to the absurd life in the USSR
  2. 'P Generation' - novel about the nasty nature of advertising, and early days of the new Russia appearing on the ruins of USSR.
  3. 'Chapaev & Pustota' (I slightly remember the English translation was renamed to the 'Clay machinegun' or smth like that)

there are a lot of other great novels in his portfolio, but those 3 are the 1st to go, actually. to get acquainteed with this master.

Ok those sound very interesting i will surely check them out and read them eventually. Question, have you ever read The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?

 4 years ago 

yes. but I read parts of this book. it is dedicated to the system of concentration camps created in USSR against the soviet citizens.

tho a book of the said author I enjoyed more, was 'The Red wheel'. or 'Lenin in Zurich' - fiction books dedicated to the Russian Revolution of 1917

Thank you so much for the recommendations!

 4 years ago 

btw, look, americans got even more funny title for the English translation: 'Buddha's little finger' :)

yikes, i disappeared for a while there. Yeah i really never understood some translations that they make for titles. Some are unbelievable.

 4 years ago 

welcome back! by the way -- we have a books / library contest, reated on Steemit by @filinpaul. I dont know if you be willing to join, but .. I told you :P

ps. nice to had this little growth of Steem token price

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