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Russian literature is based on suffering. Someone always suffers - either the protagonist, the author or the reader. If all of them are suffering you have a mas
by ReptileMan 4mo ago
Russian literature is based on suffering. Someone always suffers - either the protagonist, the author or the reader. If all of them are suffering you have a masterpiece of Russian literature.
I guess it is because it prepares you quite well to suffer endless corporate memos.
- egormakarov 4mo ago> suffer endless corporate memos I think classic russian literature can be everything, but not an exercise in formal double-speak incantations.
- ReptileMan 4mo agoTrue. But reading low density, dry material that you don't want to and feeling mental and physical exhaustion from the process sums up both war and peace and corporate communications.
- grey-area 4mo agoVery droll. It does unfortunately fit most of the examples I can think of. Even in comedy like Gogol people suffer.
- kakacik 4mo ago[flagged]
- alexejb 4mo ago> effectively enslaved by invading russian forces for decades to serve as nuclear battlefield with the west seems like western germany, which was also considered to be a nuclear battlefield with the warsaw pact, but the marketing was nicer, I suppose.
- lovegrenoble 4mo ago>> my country was effectively enslaved by invading russian forces for decades to serve as nuclear battlefield with the west Some countries are a buffer zone between Russia and the West. Nothing worse then having western Agent Provocateurs having a base of operation right next to your country. And somehow Iran, China and Russia have absolutely no experience in using their own Agen Provocateurs. Its always the West creating Coups and Rebellions.
- konart 4mo agoI understand where you coming from, but both Russia classics Soviet and modern authors have decent comedy pieces. Not to mention works that are just not about suffering but life.
- ReptileMan 4mo agoYes, but the people that have read Moscow 2042 count in the numbers of fingers on the hand of carefree bandsaw user compared to the people that have read Crime and Punishment. Which when I read it I understood that I was punished, but had not idea what my crime was. The only widely known fun book outside of Russia is Master and Margarita.
- konart 4mo ago>The only widely known fun book outside of Russia is Master and Margarita. I pretty sure Chekhov (as an example) is widely known outside of Russia and he's master of short fun stories, no? In fact I'd even say he's somewhat more popular in the West than in Russia.
- simiones 4mo agoI would say that Checkhov is mostly known for his plays, not for short fun stories.