[QUOTE=Bitchfork;18494612]
Also Dostoevsky cant write in comparison to Tolstoy, so...[/QUOTE]

:lol:

I get why people could think that Dostoevsky's better than Tolstoy because he's easily a more focused thinker, I just like Tolstoy's more subtle approach to recognizing the human condition more than Dostoevsky's more upfront style, especially when Dostoevsky's more 'claustrophobic' novels are ridden with prose that doesn't have shit on Tolstoy's finer works. The modest reality to Tolstoy is such a breath of fresh air, and there are tons of subtleties within the characters that I enjoy coming back to, as opposed to Dostoevsky who seems to be impressed with cramming more information into smaller spaces, which forces him to be more upfront instead of allowing himself some extra room to really let his writing be [I]free[/I], I guess.
Although in Dostoevsky's defense, Tolstoy's final short stories were deplorable; Dostoevsky was never so low.

Another Russian author I really like is Zamiatin.

And while we're talking bout Russian literature, please tell me there are no Ayn Rand fans in here.

wall of text

tl;dr

[QUOTE=Bulldog;18494669]:lol:[/QUOTE]

Of all the dumb things you've said Bryce, never have you disappointed me so much as you have now.

you shouldn't be surprised

[QUOTE=blockhead;18494677]wall of text

tl;dr[/QUOTE]

That's one way to put it.

lol books

why read whitebread russian writers when i can get more lols per second browsing memes at my computer

real talk

w mitchgod

have you guys ever read Tolstoy or Dostoevsky in Russian?
if not how can you argue who's the better writer?

[QUOTE=P13;18494697]have you guys ever read Tolstoy or Dostoevsky in Russian?
if not how can you argue who's the better writer?[/QUOTE]

paul probably has tbh

mitch i cant stop lsitening to "rocky balboa"

thank u

big tymers rule

i love ayn rand

isn't there a green ova song where they say "rocky balboaaahhhh" over and over again?
I feel like there is

R&M Book Club

[QUOTE=P13;18494710]isn't there a green ova song where they say "rocky balboaaahhhh" over and over again?
I feel like there is[/QUOTE]

i do as well.

have you checked out Blackberry Ku$h though?

ive read the iliad in ancient greek no big deal bros

[QUOTE=The Stig;18494689]And Wall of text is why Tolstoy loses to Dostoevsky in my eyes. He tends to take too much space to convey an idea. Kind of the inverse of the problem you describe with Dostoevsky cramming too much into a certain space.[/QUOTE]

i have to agree. bitchfork you're basically saying you like tolstoy bc he's a bad writer. dostoevsky is able to fit more meaning into one sentence of dialogue than tolstoy can in a page of narration.

mitch how many languages do you know? i forget the exact number.

i recall at least 5 though

none

[QUOTE=Nepenthe;18494718]i have to agree. bitchfork you're basically saying you like tolstoy bc he's a bad writer.[/QUOTE]

hipster reasoning. you wouldnt understand dude. youre too mainstream.

i speak english some arabic and basic hebrew, and can read latin and some ancient greek

ive awlays been interested in learning russian.

doubt it willl ever happen

[QUOTE=The Stig;18494724]
It's not as hard as people make it out to be Bulldog. But shit it leaves you fast if you don't use it.[/QUOTE]

yea i know that. i know all languages are different and difficulty varies (obv) but i grasp spanish pretty quickly. plan on learning it and prolly arabic in college. doing spanish hw right now and its baby shit.

[QUOTE=Bulldog;18494715]i do as well.

have you checked out Blackberry Ku$h though?[/QUOTE]

yeah, its quite good

the "Fuck the World" version on it is amazing

[QUOTE=P13;18494727]yeah, its quite good[/quote]

dont doubt it. for me so far

shady bambino project > i smoke because i dont care about death > shady business = dope since 91

dope since 91 >>>> shady business just because teh production on shady business is horrendous
I agree with the rest though

gonna buy Shady Bambino project right now, I only have it in 160kbps and they have flac so mmm

vampires such a good lil b song

[QUOTE=P13;18494732]dope since 91 >>>> shady business just because teh production on shady business is horrendous
I agree with the rest though[/QUOTE]

eh i kind of like shady blaze more but shit talkin is a dealbreaker for me. otherwise id agree.

i need to listen to blackberry kush and 808s and dark grapes tonight

dooooont let the vaaampires get you