tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post275292442674220517..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Leonid Andreyev updates Crime and Punishment - remember Raskolnikov, who perished so pitifully and so absurdlyAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55016325249006368822016-08-17T22:44:37.831-05:002016-08-17T22:44:37.831-05:00Underneath the doom there is quite a lot of conven...Underneath the doom there is quite a lot of conventional melodrama in Andreyev.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55801928344794217462016-08-17T22:36:41.864-05:002016-08-17T22:36:41.864-05:00I'm about two thirds of the way through the sl...I'm about two thirds of the way through the slender <em>Darkness</em>, a/k/a "Piglia's Andreyev." What a curiosity! Great Arltian doom (ha ha) about terrorists and brothels side by side with banal were it no so comical descriptions of characters' "strong teeth." Looking to the final 30 pages for the payoff but relieved that so many other Andreyevian tips have been put forth in your posts and others' comments. Very timely!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-46288166152232137152016-08-16T21:46:08.650-05:002016-08-16T21:46:08.650-05:00The premise of Satan's Diary is hard to beat. ...The premise of <i>Satan's Diary</i> is hard to beat. Thanks for the pointer.<br /><br />"Lazarus" is not in the collection I have, but I somehow picked up that it was a good one.<br /><br />A new, thick, Andreyev collection would be nice.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12124760449178317132016-08-16T20:13:33.548-05:002016-08-16T20:13:33.548-05:00Satan's Diary is one of the best novels I'...Satan's Diary is one of the best novels I've ever read. Quite unforgettable and it predates Master and Margarita by a few decades...<br /><br />Also, in case you haven't read Lazarus yet, Marina Tsvetaeva's mother's last words were: I only regret music and the sun.Cleanthesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363416290397892659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-72036411992435309212016-08-16T19:35:37.674-05:002016-08-16T19:35:37.674-05:00The authors' greatest ally, if they only knew ...The authors' greatest ally, if they only knew it, the printing error that ends the novel early.<br /><br />The quantity of early translations of Andreyev is exactly the problem. I would not mind a little more editorial help.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-61572437199912617522016-08-16T18:01:59.221-05:002016-08-16T18:01:59.221-05:00I haven't read the plays, though I have a few ...I haven't read the plays, though I have a few on my kindle, since there's a few available free online. Just the short stories and a novel which I think was called The White Angel, which I remmeber being quite strange and ending abruptly due, I assume, to a printing error.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42457703242877882632016-08-16T16:20:42.246-05:002016-08-16T16:20:42.246-05:00That was handy - I was writing another post on And...That was handy - I was writing another post on Andreyev, and you gave me just the description I needed.<br /><br />I'm reading Piglia's Andreyev now, or I think I am.<br /><br />What else by Andreyev is good? The plays? All of it?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-78264349386046819442016-08-16T15:19:10.363-05:002016-08-16T15:19:10.363-05:00I went through a period of reading Andreyev. He...I went through a period of reading Andreyev. He's one of the few truly pessimistic writers. There's a story of his I intend to steal one day which is truly depressing with regard to human naturr. Perhaps it is the same one mentioned on Richard's blog the other day as p,agiarised by Ricardo Piglia.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1086209487274962262016-08-15T18:48:08.126-05:002016-08-15T18:48:08.126-05:00Oh yes there's some "Tell-tale Heart"...Oh yes there's some "Tell-tale Heart" action in this story. Or maybe the Poe connection is with the idea of ratiocination - Dupin as killer.<br /><br />Non-writers do not seem so deeply attached to this line of thought. Perhaps a disproportionate number of writers have a more personal interest in the subject.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45711673943227986562016-08-15T17:08:21.646-05:002016-08-15T17:08:21.646-05:00It's like early 20th century Poe! I wonder why...It's like early 20th century Poe! I wonder why so many writers are drawn to mad protagonists. Do non-writers also go around wondering what it would be like to be insane?scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com