tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post195017304430073946..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Where will our underground hymn take place?Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-50280501551351319032010-05-10T10:49:49.102-05:002010-05-10T10:49:49.102-05:00Pykk - if there had been book blogs in 2001, Tsypk...Pykk - if there had been book blogs in 2001, Tsypkin's book would have been as well-covered as Walser. It all comes from one publisher, New Directions.<br /><br />That I am generating more enthusiasm for Tsypkin's beautiful little book and Ford's strange big one than for Dostoevsky tells us what, I wonder?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47881792092510103302010-05-09T21:59:53.413-05:002010-05-09T21:59:53.413-05:00I still don’t know what he means, but I want to re...<i>I still don’t know what he means, but I want to read that book.</i><br /><br />Ha, yes, but I think I will be happy to settle for "just" reading <em>The March of Literature</em> itself.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75350250957244229772010-05-09T19:03:24.849-05:002010-05-09T19:03:24.849-05:00I'm happy to see that other people have read t...I'm happy to see that other people have read the Tsypkin. It occurs to me that it would fit in well with the recent (US-centric, I think) liking for Walser, so I'm surprised not to see it more widely mentioned. (Or has it been w.m., and I just haven't noticed?) <br /><br />"... at this period in his life he had been writing a particularly prolific amount about the Slavonic Question, emphasizing the God-given role of the Russian people whose vocation it was to free the rest of Europe, the basis of this chosen destiny being, in his opinion, the special, unique nature of of the Russian national mentality and character which, amongst other things, was demonstrated in the use of unprintable words, pronounced in various ways and with various shades of meaning, which were employed by the common people not, of course, to insult others or abuse them, but to express the subtle, profound and even saintly feelings, buried in the soul of every genuine Russian."Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38216078484837956682010-05-08T18:05:18.714-05:002010-05-08T18:05:18.714-05:00Dwight - I was thinking the same thing. I want to...Dwight - I was thinking the same thing. I want to spend a little more time with Dostoevsky himself (including <i>The Gambler</i>, which I have not read) before going back to Tsypkin.<br /><br />Not that, as you say, there's any necessity. I've known a number of readers with no previous exposure to Dostoevsky who immediately took to Tsypkin.<br /><br />Richard - you would, too, I think. It was curious how many of the readalongers were reading Dostoevsky for the first time. I'm glad <i>Karamazov</i> was not my first Dostoevsky! <i>Notes from the Underground</i> is a good place to start.<br /><br />A reread of <i>Dead Souls</i>, Greatest Novel of the First Half of the 19th Century, always sound good to me.<br /><br />mel - Yes, a cross-country epic. From Ellis Island to California, all the way across. The Karamazovs homestead in Oklahoma and mine silver in Colorado. They cross paths with Walt Whitman and Lady Isabella Bird. This gets better and better.<br /><br />I love Ford's literary history. His depth of reading rivals Sam Johnson or Borges. His judgments are idiosyncratic, though, and occasionally something closer to crackpot.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40942482339240941932010-05-07T22:44:14.873-05:002010-05-07T22:44:14.873-05:00"So what I want to know is, has anyone writte..."So what I want to know is, has anyone written this novel, the novel of Dmitri and Grushenka in America? I want to read it, I mean, if it’s good. Should they stall in New York, with the “wild bears” a perpetual fantasy? Or should the novel be Prairie Karamazov? "-I wonder what they would have made of the Indians?-they could have related to the prairies as being like the steppes-I would love to see this done as a grand cross country epic with all sorts of side adventures-<br /><br />I will be very interesting in seeing your posts on Parade's End-I just ordered The March of Literature-I did not join the BK read along as I did not want to read that and Parade's End at the same time as it would leave me no time for small reads-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55779238810985524302010-05-07T21:20:39.299-05:002010-05-07T21:20:39.299-05:00Dostoevsky has taken such a pounding as a result o...Dostoevsky has taken such a pounding as a result of <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em> group read, Amateur Reader, that I'm afraid I've pushed back making my acquaintance with him just a little bit longer. Alas, it's seemingly impossible to find too many great novelists who don't carry a weird Ford Madox Ford torch for the guy...so reading him will prob. only be a matter of time due to the author/reader peer pressure factor ("trustworthy" blog posts be damned). In the meantime, a reread of Gogol's <em>Dead Souls</em> suddenly sounds way more appealing to me than almost any Dosto title I can think of at the moment!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-41985217222986511562010-05-07T16:50:21.433-05:002010-05-07T16:50:21.433-05:00Tsypkin’s book is wonderful. I just re-read The Ga...Tsypkin’s book is wonderful. I just re-read The Gambler just so I could re-read Summer in Baden Baden again. Not that it's a required prerequisite, but I thought it would be a nice lead in this time round.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.com