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To be honest. I've been introduced to some translated soviet Russian literature of late that is absolutely fascinating. Especially in the descriptions of daily
by kjrose 6y ago
To be honest. I've been introduced to some translated soviet Russian literature of late that is absolutely fascinating. Especially in the descriptions of daily life and struggles in the soviet cities which do not deviate anywhere near as much as I expected from non communist life.
Even these soviet tv shows are slowly coming out and are just absolutely fascinating.
- macintux 6y agoWhen I was in grade school, the town library had a Soviet encyclopedia, in English. Why or how it came to be there, I have no idea, and I regret not inquiring about it, and I also regret not spending more time reading it.
- josh_fyi 6y agoThere were deals between the Soviet Union and the United States that each one would place its books in school libraries of the other. The magazine Soviet Life is the best known item placed by this program. Wonder what access Soviet children really had to the American equivalent
- Arech 6y agoHmm... I (was born in 1982 and lived in Moscow) never heard of such deal and American books in libraries...
- yboris 6y agoI highly recommend: One Day in the Life of Inav Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_De...
- kjrose 6y agoThe Master and Margarita is likely one of my favorite pieces of literature in translation.
- billfruit 6y agoI would recommend Sergei Mihkalkhov's Disobedience Holiday. Soviet children's writing was very high quality and at par with what was being written in the west. Perhaps the Soviet ones had better art too and were well printed and bound as well. Even the lush Soviet inks had a peculiar inviting smell.