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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Q. Sutanto. Enjoying it so far.

I just finished Anna Karenina, which was my first experience of the Russian classics, and absolutely loved it. I did some research on the most highly recommended readable translation of War and Peace and have that arriving this later this week. I can't wait to try it. [/quote]

I was a Russian major.  War and Peace is pretty different than AK.  It's got a lot of long draggy pieces, and some truly terribly drawn female characters.  The intro part is pretty slow in particular, so just be warned to steel yourself for a slow start.  A different companion for AK is the [b]Chekhov short story "Lady with a Dog"[/b] which he wrote basically as a response to Tolstoy.   [/quote]

I love this story. [/quote]

Well, I am not a Russian major, though went through a long Russian lit phase, but have to pipe in to say that War and Peace suffers from some terrible PR because I was very surprised by how readable and engaging it was (esp. for its length).

If I was going to recommend a different "sleeper" hit as an alternative, it would be Turgenev's Fathers and Sons! [/quote]

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