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Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andreï Makine

_dunno_'s review against another edition

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4.0

Marcel, we need a date asap.

ana_07's review against another edition

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medium-paced

1.0

embo970's review against another edition

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5.0

A beautiful, dreamy, lyrical story about a Russian boy spending his summers on the Steppe with his French grandmother.

elalafz's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

trs01's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

adeleprout's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

shumska's review against another edition

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5.0

čudesno topla, nježna, senzibilna literatura.... fina, baš fina. svojevrsni hommage charlotte, baki francuskinji, kroz kojeg makine preispituje svoj ruski i francuski identitet kroz odrastanje - od dječaka koji skupa sa sestrom praznike provodi kod bake slušajući njene priče, poeziju na francuskom i kopajući po njenom koferu uspomena, preko dječaštva pa do svog osobnog razvoja i unutarnjeg konflikta između ta dva identiteta koji se jedno drugome suprotstavljaju, ali i međusobno nadograđuju. kroz tu priču provlače se trajne i nepremostive razlike između istoka i zapada, između rusije i francuske. a njegova zanesenost bakom, njenom elegancijom, stoicizmom, karakterom -koju eksplicitno iskazuje i shvaća tek u zrelijoj dobi- jednostavno je dirljiva.

neću izdvajati posebno rečenice koje su me se dojmile... bilo bi to masakriranje uravnoteženog, pjevnog i bogatog makineovog rječnika. tek, sebi za uspomenu, vadim jednu: "znala je da se ovaj život, usprkos boli, može proživjeti, da je kroz njega trebalo prolaziti polako od tog sutona s prodornim mirisom stručaka do beskrajnog mira ravnice s cvrkutom ptice izgubljene na nebu, da, idući od tog neba do njegova duboka odsjaja koji je osjećala u prsima kao nešto živo i prisno.".

i mislim da se više nikad neću naći pred objektivom a da ne pomislim u sebi "petite pomme". :)

trixie_belden's review against another edition

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3.0

I really wanted to love this but I found it quite hard going. Overall the dreamy style didn't really appeal although some of the language was beautiful.

lucie33's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.5

ajdajustin's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0