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Not sure how well these are known in the US.. Mans search for meaning by Victor Frankl. Anything by Dostoyevsky. José Saramago's the double. They made a film
by LandR 8y ago
Not sure how well these are known in the US..
Mans search for meaning by Victor Frankl.
Anything by Dostoyevsky.
José Saramago's the double. They made a film based on this with jake gyllenhall but not sure how well known the book and saramego is in the US, both book and film are excellent.
A girl is a half formed thing by Elmer mcbride is the best thing I've read in years with a really unique writing style. It's an incredible tragic book though... Check out first chapter online here to see if you like the style.
http://www.flare.com/celebrity/must-read-the-first-chapter-of-a-girl-is-a-half-formed-thing/ http://www.flare.com/celebrity/must-read-the-first-chapter-o...
- vram22 8y agoI didn't like the one book by Dostoyevsky that we had in English literature class in high school. I think it was the one about Raskolnikov. Found it heavy / morbid / not much interesting. But I've read some novels by other Russian authors (a while ago), and IIRC found some by Chekhov good. Some novels I read about life on farms during the Soviet times were interesting too, cannot remember the authors or book titles right now.
- wenc 8y ago> Mans search for meaning by Victor Frankl. > Anything by Dostoyevsky. These are extremely well-known in the U.S. Dostoevsky is considered heavy literature however. It's well known but not often read.
- closeparen 8y agoDostoyevsky is an icon of serious literature in the US. I wouldn’t call him unknown.