Lisa's comments (member since May 23, 2008)

Lisa's comments from the Russian Readers Club group.

There are lots of great suggestions here... I've already read and enjoyed most of these books but would definitely recommend several as particularly fun:

-Dovlatov -- my favorite so far is "The Compromise."
-"The Women's Decameron" -- a wonderful look at women in the USSR; I've read and enjoyed it a two or three times.
-Kharms -- "The Old Woman" is about 25 pages long and good for discussion, but most Kharms is interesting.

"War and Peace" is my all-time favorite, and I'm planning to read it again this fall/winter, so Natasha, I'd be happy to read it with you!

Hi, I've never posted here before but wanted to put in a good word for "Heart of a Dog" and "The Overcoat," both of which I've read and enjoyed several times. "The Double" is another good one, particularly because its themes echo in so many subsequent books.

If you want, I can look through my files for names and links for contemporary/post-Soviet short stories available online... I seem to recall finding a few that are online in both Russian and English. One that I am sure about is Andrei Gelasimov's "Joan" ("Жанна") -- it's interesting to discuss because people seem to read it as either pessimists or optimists.