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I'm still sailing through it AgentOrange Send a noteboard - 16/03/2010 09:25:34 PM
I think this book wouldn't have gotten published nowadays, what with the terrible infodumping going on through the first 100 pages. I had to read them twice. Once though that it gets much more interesting.
Can't really comment more than that right now, but I'm glad for this book club making me read it :thumbsup:
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So, let's talk about Doctor Zhivago. Tom - 15/03/2010 12:51:09 PM 1625 Views
I liked it a lot. wahooka - 15/03/2010 03:24:34 PM 893 Views
I mostly agree with your points, but I'm not sure Zhivago was ever disillusioned with revolution. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:19:54 PM 823 Views
Re: I mostly agree with your points, but I'm not sure Zhivago was ever disillusioned with revolution wahooka - 15/03/2010 09:57:29 PM 929 Views
Yes, it's the Soviet state, not the revolution, that he hates. Tom - 15/03/2010 11:16:29 PM 762 Views
I see your point. wahooka - 15/03/2010 11:36:30 PM 850 Views
The idea of revolution was perpetual. In theory, anyway. The Shrike - 16/03/2010 12:30:46 AM 920 Views
So far, so good ranagrande - 15/03/2010 03:58:44 PM 885 Views
There are lots of good quotes. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:20:26 PM 753 Views
I have finally finished it. ranagrande - 22/03/2010 12:31:24 AM 910 Views
There will be more later. Much more. So lets start at the beginning. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 04:22:15 PM 811 Views
... I'm clearly lacking in braincells. Rebekah - 15/03/2010 05:03:35 PM 912 Views
... yes, you moved to scotland? *NM* jh - 15/03/2010 05:42:21 PM 346 Views
It's not contagious! Rebekah - 15/03/2010 05:47:41 PM 739 Views
It probably is. Don't worry, we still like you! *NM* Tom - 15/03/2010 09:55:07 PM 345 Views
I didn't notice the Anna Karenina connection. That's a good point. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:26:41 PM 844 Views
Yes. Perhaps we should tell the non-Russian speakers/readers that the name of the protagonist, The Shrike - 15/03/2010 10:22:39 PM 948 Views
Zhivago is the Church Slavonic genitive singular of живой (zhivoi), "living" Tom - 15/03/2010 11:18:23 PM 797 Views
I knew those Larry - 15/03/2010 11:22:02 PM 883 Views
I thought this was a great read, and I'm sure I've missed a lot, which will make a reread good too. Rebekah - 15/03/2010 05:16:19 PM 943 Views
On balance, there IS a love story. Just not quite the one that most people think. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:34:20 PM 860 Views
I noticed that as well Larry - 15/03/2010 09:42:04 PM 930 Views
There is a lot of Christian eschatology, too Tom - 15/03/2010 09:46:59 PM 847 Views
Yes Larry - 15/03/2010 11:23:23 PM 988 Views
Yes. This is what I was going to say, just not as articulately. *NM* Rebekah - 15/03/2010 10:12:33 PM 324 Views
My initial thoughts Beqi - 15/03/2010 06:02:21 PM 897 Views
Re: My initial thoughts wahooka - 15/03/2010 08:54:15 PM 819 Views
Which idioms were you talking about? Tom - 15/03/2010 09:43:09 PM 867 Views
Re: Which idioms were you talking about? wahooka - 15/03/2010 10:07:23 PM 844 Views
The names are not quite as hard as it may seem at first Tom - 15/03/2010 09:41:06 PM 838 Views
There appears to be a lull, so some background - How many of you have read anything about The Shrike - 15/03/2010 08:19:07 PM 823 Views
This is my first novel in that genre, fiction or non. Beqi - 15/03/2010 08:22:04 PM 707 Views
I've read bits & pieces. Rebekah - 15/03/2010 08:33:41 PM 868 Views
Ok, since you're interested, here is some "light" reading for you. Approach with caution. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 08:47:42 PM 982 Views
Interestingly, I'm seeing parallels now that I'm reading Gibbon. Tom - 15/03/2010 09:53:15 PM 846 Views
Koenker was mine for Soviet history. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 10:08:40 PM 1131 Views
Re: Ok, since you're interested, here is some "light" reading for you. Approach with caution. wahooka - 15/03/2010 11:05:22 PM 866 Views
Thank you for calling it "light" reading. The quotation marks were comforting. Tashmere - 17/03/2010 09:56:26 AM 793 Views
I will read and respond to this when I remember to bring my glasses home from work! *NM* Rebekah - 17/03/2010 06:14:31 PM 322 Views
Finally got around to reading this. Thanks for sharing. *NM* Rebekah - 22/03/2010 04:45:24 PM 345 Views
You're welcome. *NM* The Shrike - 22/03/2010 05:14:26 PM 301 Views
I knew a bit about it. wahooka - 15/03/2010 08:36:20 PM 967 Views
Fiction or non-fiction? Larry - 15/03/2010 09:21:04 PM 990 Views
Do you mean Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed? Tom - 15/03/2010 09:54:34 PM 834 Views
Ten...I was typing from memories of close to 15 years ago Larry - 15/03/2010 10:57:05 PM 836 Views
Either, though specifically I was thinking of non-fiction. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 10:11:52 PM 882 Views
That's what I was thinking of when I read it Larry - 15/03/2010 10:59:36 PM 882 Views
Familiar with the history, though I've never exhaustively studied the time period. Jacob - 16/03/2010 02:20:23 PM 895 Views
Enough to understand everything easily enough. Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:03:54 AM 711 Views
My own personal thoughts on Doctor Zhivago Tom - 15/03/2010 11:44:05 PM 1101 Views
This review has been helpful so far for me. Tashmere - 23/03/2010 11:39:51 PM 788 Views
Essay I just finished writing on the book Larry - 16/03/2010 01:26:23 AM 1217 Views
I'm really enjoying it. nossy - 16/03/2010 03:05:25 AM 878 Views
Hey, if I can come late to the party, so can you. *NM* Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:04:15 AM 269 Views
I'm still sailing through it AgentOrange - 16/03/2010 09:25:34 PM 884 Views
Why would you consider this a classic? What made it so good or profound for (plural) you? Tashmere - 16/03/2010 11:19:23 PM 840 Views
Put a question mark at the end of the first sentence and read my response. *NM* Tom - 17/03/2010 12:09:58 AM 309 Views
Some questions. Rebekah - 19/03/2010 08:27:38 AM 796 Views
Class can be tricky given the Russian context. The Shrike - 19/03/2010 05:09:14 PM 973 Views
Grand. Thanks for the answers. Rebekah - 20/03/2010 02:33:18 PM 811 Views
As an addendum to what Greg wrote: Tom - 19/03/2010 05:56:56 PM 848 Views
Re: As an addendum to what Greg wrote: Rebekah - 20/03/2010 02:36:36 PM 856 Views
No, Tonya was exiled. It was a fortune of timing. Tom - 20/03/2010 05:22:44 PM 866 Views
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them The Shrike - 21/03/2010 05:34:03 PM 891 Views
It looks a bit strained to me. Tom - 22/03/2010 03:28:34 AM 782 Views
So far the reviews are pretty glowing, as are the Amazon reviewers. The Shrike - 22/03/2010 01:44:19 PM 883 Views
In other news, I read about 100 pages of The Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/03/2010 03:48:47 PM 824 Views
I figured that you would like it. The Shrike - 22/03/2010 05:14:06 PM 956 Views
I finished it last night - the last 100+ pages rather fast, considering how long the whole took. Legolas - 21/04/2010 01:00:50 AM 643 Views
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