Russian Literature

[close] This book club is intended about the not so joyeous reads, which are interesting and important in their content, nonetheless, or maybe even evermore. If you want to read The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn together and talk about it, heres a place for that. Feel free to post anything on ur mind about the text, the topic, or the man. Also The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich is another book currently being read. After those we can pick and choose together whats next :)

[close] Every month, the group members will choose a classic book to read, and together in a certain period of time we'll finish and thoroughly discuss it or talk about our impressions of the book.

[close] This group explores European literature in translation (i.e. it generally excludes works originally written in English, but we are bound to wander at times). The group will use CounterPunch's list of "The best 100 novels in translation since 1900" as a foundation for traversing the realm of European literature. Every two months we will read a novel originating from the list. In the months in between we will read vintage works. At times we will also read works originating from other parts of the world to gain perspective. We will occasionally include poems, biographies and other nonfiction works to enhance our reading experience. In case you are interested a sister group focuses specifically on Scandinavian and Nordic literature: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/205249-scandinavian-nordic-literature If you have a passion for Russian literature you may want to join https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/216183-dostoyevsky-s-lair-russian-literature Tuscany, Italy Paris, France Currently Reading:

[close] Behind the stories we sing.