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...people gravitate towards book forums because they want to talk about the books they love, to recommend them...and to learn about others they might like... ...we're all intelligent enough to learn from each other without needing to be taught...there are a number of people here I have learnt...

...well, all I can say is thank goodness for the 'email me if I get a PM' function of the site...without it I'd of missed this thread...and it's a wonder to behold isn't it?...so many people from both sides of an argument nailing themselves to a cross with righteous indignation...how do you...

Ok, fair enough. My comments about reading the introduction and not being too proud to seek out any notes etc apply to most Soviet era work btw. You have to accept that they lived in a very different kind of society and there were many things they couldn't say directly, as I'm sure you could...

Stewart: You've picked some interesting stuff here, but if I can be bold enough to make a few sugestions: If there's an introduction to your edition of 'Master and Margarita' it's well worth the effort to read it and perhaps check out one of the 'notes' sites on the intermog. This is an...

Thanks for that, I've got "Le Grand Meaulnes" sitting on my TBR shelf. I've been putting off reading it for a while, perhaps I'll take the plunge now.

Well, as you've 'named and shamed' me I'd better answer... I've never heard of Sadegh Hedayet, Horacio Quiroga and Yaşar Kemal. Quiroga is the one that appeals most after a bit of investigation, as South American short story writers have a very good reputation; however apart from Jorges Luis...

Peder: *Urgent testosterone injection required in Nabakov thread* *Urgent testosterone injection required in Nabakov thread* *Urgent testosterone injection required in Nabakov thread*

Tsk, you never find anything like this on the BBC books board. They say 'arse', just like the Queen does.

Well he is a democrat...

So to quote from my original post: ...this appears to be the general feeling. Which seems a reasonable view to take. I shall follow how your Nabakov musings pan out, and post about 'Glory' as and when.... I blame the mustache, many great dictators had them, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Walt...

As the getaway driver?

I'd agree that you can read too quickly and miss out on 'layers of the onion'. I tend to go through phases, I'll hit a book I really enjoy and then get through a fair number quickly, sometimes I'll hit something I want to really get my teeth into and savour, and then at times I'll go months with...

I can post a request in the Suggestions forum or PM the mods if you like but I would have thought it best to come from one of the major contributors to the Nabokov discussions. I'd suggest that the amount of posts in the various Nabokov threads give some weight to the suggestion: "Discussion...

Peder and all: It seemed to me that discussion of Nabokov has built from Lolita being TBOTM to something more substantial. You've moved on to 'The Enchanter' (it was me that mentioned it to you Peder) and then to a more in depth look at the man himself; and of late I'd noticed you seem to be...

Can I ask if you lot have given consideration to asking for a Nabokov Sub-Forum within Author Discussion as a place to collect the various Nabby threads? If you did that I might be tempted to re-read 'Glory' and kick off a discussion about it. Obv there is a downside, i.e. it might feel a bit...

Seemed to lose interest a bit this month, but anyway: The Successor - Ismail Kadare The Drowned and the Saved - Primo Levi (re-read) Early Poems - Yevgeny Yevtushenko (re-read) The Complete Kubrick - David Hughes The Complete Hitchcock - Paul Condon (I didn't read these last two cover...

Really? What's March like then?

I think I should apologise to novella for sidetracking another thread. I won't recommend Anna Kavan as such as she's a bit of a marmite writer, you either love her or hate her. I manage to do both based on which of her books I've just read. She's been given a bit of a higher profile of late...

Shade: I can understand where you are coming from too. However for me, the fact that there is no resolution, no explanations, and a feeling that it all may make no sense, even to the author, is fine. I enjoyed the ride. I enjoyed trying to work things out, whether the puzzle is answerable or...

Well I've visted the Ukraine a few times to see friends, and the head of the family I know over there is an old school communist, so I'm aware of the 'things were better the way they were' feeling that runs through many of the older soviet generation. If you know that, you read the book slightly...