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Mar 05, 2017
GONZA
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Probabilmente a causa della traduzione, ma magari anche per via della trama, dopo aver sofferto per qualche capitolo ho ceduto e l'ho riportato in biblioteca, magari non era il momento giusto, o magari siamo io e la letteratura russa che abbiamo litigato da piccoli.
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All that seems to matter is the exchange of currency, be it money or goods, of value or not. The households are interesting—some are organized, some chaotic, and Chickov’s—non existent? All that is important is the appearance of being rich, whether one is or isn’t. (It's what we see in some of our corrupt billionaires today. It doesn't matter if Manafort has no money; Trump may himself be broke and in horrible debt.)
This novel as a novel doesn’t hold up across the ages, except to show Rus in its ...more
This novel as a novel doesn’t hold up across the ages, except to show Rus in its ...more
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