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haroshinka's review
5.0
"Why are we worn out? Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble believing, become totally bankrupt by age of thirty or thirty-five? Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, and a fourth, in order to stifle the fear and anguish, cynically tramples underfoot the portrait of his pure beautiful youth? Why is it, that once fallen, we do not try to rise, and having lost one thing, we do not seek another? Why?"
Equally applicable to both the Russian intelligentsia and the Russian serfs. Why are we Russians just bred to suffer? Intelligent enough to recognise it, and even intelligent enough to perhaps know what to do, but there exists this insurmountable gulf....
Equally applicable to both the Russian intelligentsia and the Russian serfs. Why are we Russians just bred to suffer? Intelligent enough to recognise it, and even intelligent enough to perhaps know what to do, but there exists this insurmountable gulf....
not_mike's review against another edition
3.0
Paperback.
"'I want to live!" I said sincerely. "To live and live! I want peace and quiet, I want warmth, this sea, to have you near. Oh, how I'd love to instill in you too this passionate thirst for life! You've just been talking of love, but it would be enough for me simply to have you near, your voice, your expression...'
She blushed and said rapidly to prevent me from speaking, 'you love life, but I hate it. So we have differing paths.'
She poured herself some tea, but did not touch it, went into the bedroom and lay down."
-Page 90
"'I want to live!" I said sincerely. "To live and live! I want peace and quiet, I want warmth, this sea, to have you near. Oh, how I'd love to instill in you too this passionate thirst for life! You've just been talking of love, but it would be enough for me simply to have you near, your voice, your expression...'
She blushed and said rapidly to prevent me from speaking, 'you love life, but I hate it. So we have differing paths.'
She poured herself some tea, but did not touch it, went into the bedroom and lay down."
-Page 90
kolar's review
challenging
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
abeermohammad's review against another edition
5.0
أنطون تشيخوف أبهرني من اول تجربة .. عميقة وجميلة جدًا وتمنيت لو لم تنتهي بهذه السرعة
bookeboy's review against another edition
5.0
If you find a copy of this novella, treasure it. Loved it.
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