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På et københavnsk forlag sad redaktionen angiveligt i foråret og diskuterede, om man kunne udgive russisk litteratur, mens Putins tropper smadrer løs i Ukraine. Så dumme behøver vi ikke at blive. Mere end nogensinde har vi brug at forstå, at Rusland er mere end Putin. Lad Lermontov, Pushkin, Tolstoj og Turgenev åbne dine øjne for et andet Rusland med ingen ringere end Ditlev Tamm i ørene.Rusland, som du aldrig har hørt før. Produceret af Filt cph for Radio IIIISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise.First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's "epiphanies") that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. "but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol." Translated by Constance Garnett.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise.First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's "epiphanies") that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. "but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol." Translated by Constance Garnett.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise.First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's "epiphanies") that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. "but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol." Translated by Constance Garnett.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Writer George Saunders on how famous short stories by writers like Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Gogol are like miniature models of the world and how they can teach us to transcend our own limitations (R)
Our fourth Great Political Fiction is Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (1862), the definitive novel about the politics – and emotions – of intergenerational conflict. How did Turgenev manage to write a wistful novel about nihilism? What made Russian politics in the early 1860s so chock-full of frustration? Why did Turgenev's book infuriate his contemporaries – including Dostoyevsky?Tomorrow: George Eliot's Middlemarch Parts 1 & 2Find out more about Past Present Future on our new website www.ppfideas.com where you can also join PPF+ to get bonus episodes and ad-free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'The Russian man is glad to see death, including his own - it reminds him of the end of everything that exists. He contemplates the ruins and fragments with pleasure…' Walter Schubart, 1938 This author has watched thirty YouTube videos of Russian soldiers committing suicide. This has been possible thanks to the revolution that has taken place on the battlefield with the proliferation of cheap drones fitted with cameras. One slit his throat. It took him almost a minute to die. Twenty-two shot themselves. Seven killed themselves by detonating grenades: the first held the grenade at arms-length and looked away; the second held the grenade to his chest; the third detonated two grenades against his ears (the head vanished); the fourth also blew his head off; the fifth, a corpulent individual of Asiatic appearance, detonated the grenade under his body armour; the sixth was an individual hiding behind a vehicle wreck; and the seventh held the grenade in front of his face. How many Russian soldiers have committed similar acts unrecorded by Ukrainian drones can only be speculated. Historically, we might associate such extreme behaviour with the Imperial Japanese Army. More recently we think of the fanaticism of terrorist organisations such as ISIS or Al Qaeda. But we would not normally frame the Russian Army in this way. This article begs the question: is the Russian Army a death cult? Suicide in Russian culture In Russia, suicide, or more broadly disdain for life, is modern and rooted in the revolutionary tradition. The most famous suicide is the poet Vladimir Mayakovsy (1893-1930). The cause however was a love affair, not revolution. His funeral was attended by 150,000 people, the largest public mourning event in Bolshevik Moscow after the funerals of Lenin and Stalin. Rejection of life - as revolutionary act - finds origins in Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (1862) which popularised the phrase 'nihilism' through the character of Bazarov: 'At the present time negation is the most beneficial of all [acts] -and we deny…everything.' Nihilism mixed fanatical asceticism with self-mortification. Life mattered little or nothing. Turgenev actually created the character as lampoon of the 'men of the sixties', but paradoxically Bazarov became an anti-hero to young Russians seeking change. The nihilism became violent through the agency of the so-called 'new men' - Lenin's predecessors - the best known of which were Varfolomei Zaitsev (1842-1882), the archetypal nihilist but unknown in the West (and the character of Shigalev in Dostoyesvky's The Possessed); and Sergey Nechaev (1847-1882) (the character of Pyotr Verkhovensky, also in The Possessed). The 'Nechaev affair' was the great cause célèbre in Russia of the period, but also remains completely unknown outside Russia except to Russian historians. The Tsarist authorities were so alarmed by the young man he was gaoled and deliberately starved to death, dying at the age of thirty-five. Before he died he co-authored with Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) one of the most famous tracts of revolutionary literature in world history: The Revolutionary Catechism. It starts with the famous proposition 'The revolutionary is a lost man…no interests of his own, no affairs of his own, no feelings, no attachments no belongings, not even a name if his own.' It then goes on to describe a being who 'despises', who is 'hard with himself', who 'hates', and whose object is 'ruthless destruction'. It could be a description of 'the Orcs', as Ukrainians describe the Russians they face on the other side of the trench lines. While it is undeniable that a life-denying fanaticism coloured Russian revolutionaries (and radicals and anarchists across 19th century Europe), we must still ask, but were the revolutionaries born from a wider Russian cultural substratum that disregarded life, or were they atypical of their society. Suicide in Russian society Russian men die young. Roughly one quarter die before the age of 55, mostly du...
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Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #103 - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev w/Libby Unger---00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. 04:00 The Challenges of InterGenerational Communication During Social Unraveling.11:03 The Literary Life of Ivan Turgenev.12:31 Serfdom in Russia and American Slavery: A Comparative Analysis.17:51 Turgenev's Attempts to Balance Progressivism and Traditionalism in Russia.25:14 Barazov, Arakdy, Nikolai, and Pavel Confront Chaos and Uncertainty.31:34 Leaders and the Revolutionary Moment in the US in 2020.35:15 Leadership Tips: Question Beliefs, Seek Deeper Understanding, Awaken Realization.41:19 Moving the Overton Window: Iran-Israel Tensions and New Conversation Dynamics.48:11 Pavel Petrovich Versus Eugene Bazarov: Maturity versus Youth.49:51 Russian Nihilism and InterGenerational Communication in the US in the 21st Century.58:28 Youth idealism gives way to maturity.01:04:22 Corporate client seeks diversity training, company criticized.01:10:01 Startups funded by VCs lack accountability, value.01:16:34 Cash flow allows innovation, attract talent, accountability.01:22:00 Man becomes infatuated with shy, young woman.01:26:07 Arkady's Perspective Impacts Russian State Policy.01:29:47 Questioning beliefs, planting seeds for open-mindedness.01:34:06 People change when they're ready, with awareness.01:40:01 Staying on the Path with Insights from Fathers and Sons.---Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!---Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videos.Leadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTlbx.
This week's Great Political Fiction is Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (1862), the definitive novel about the politics – and emotions – of intergenerational conflict. How did Turgenev manage to write a wistful novel about nihilism? What made Russian politics in the early 1860s so chock-full of frustration? Why did Turgenev's book infuriate his contemporaries – including Dostoyevsky?More from the LRB:Pankaj Mishra on the disillusionment of Alexander Herzen '"Emancipation", he concluded, "has finally proved to be as insolvent as redemption".'Julian Barnes on Turgenev and Flaubert ‘When the two of them meet, they are already presenting themselves as elderly men in their early forties (Turgenev asserts that after 40 the basis of life is renunciation).' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's Great Political Fiction is Friedrich Schiller's monumental play Mary Stuart (1800), which lays bare the impossible choices faced by two queens – Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots – in a world of men. Schiller imagines a meeting between them that never took place and unpicks its fearsome consequences. Why does it do such damage to them both? How does the powerless Mary maintain her hold over the imperious Elizabeth? Who suffers most in the end and what is that suffering really worth?Next week: Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (1862)Coming up: The Ideas Behind American Elections – a twice-weekly series running throughout March with Gary Gerstle, looking at 8 American presidential elections from 1800 to 2008 and exploring the ideas that shaped them and helped to shape the world.Coming soon: sign up to the PPFIdeas newsletter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
这是俄国著名作家屠格涅夫写的自己小时候的故事。这个十岁的男孩，亲眼看到鹌鹑为了保护自己的孩子，假装受伤，想引开猎狗，却被抓住咬死，而几个刚出生的小鹌鹑失去妈妈的经过，对小鸟产生了深切的同情，从此再不愿打猎了。 This is a story from the childhood of the famous Russian writer Turgenev. In the story, a ten-year-old boy witnesses a quail pretending to be injured to protect her chicks from hunting dogs. Sadly, she ends up being caught and killed by the dogs, leaving behind her newly born chicks. This incident deeply touches the boy, instilling in him a profound sympathy for birds, and from then on, he refuses to hunt.
Professor Kozlowski concludes his examination of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons with a deep-dive look at Bazarov's painful relationship with his parents, his ignominious final acts (and death), and Turgenev's complicated relationship with Russian ideology, both within the novel, and as Russia reacted to it. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.
Today Professor Kozlowski discusses the first eighteen chapters of Turgenev's landmark novel, Fathers and Sons - where Turgenev coined the term "nihilism". We'll discuss some of Turgenev's literary legacy, including his relationship to Dostoevsky, as well as examine the way that Turgenev's main character, Bazarov, walks the line between tragically human and ideologically monstrous. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.
Our new series for spring 2024 is on Dostoevsky's Demons and the tumultuous state of the Russian intelligentsia in the 1860s that brought about some of Dostoevsky's most insightful work. Today we set the stage: Professor Kozlowski walks us through the Russian reforms of Peter the Great, the wars of Napoleon and his socio-political legacy, up to the early career of Dostoevsky himself - including the rival factions of Russian intellectuals in the 1850s. Next time - Turgenev's Fathers and Children and the origin of Russian "Nihilism"! To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.
This week David talks to the novelist Zadie Smith about Charles Dickens: what he means to her, why we still read him, and what's missing from the Dickensian view of the world. It's a conversation about other writers as well – Turgenev, George Orwell and Toni Morrison – and about whether fiction shows us how to live or rather helps us to see the ways in which the truth about how we live is hidden from view.Zadie Smith's new novel is The Fraud, available now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael Katz is the C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. His published research includes numerous articles and two books, The Literary Ballad in Early Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (1976) and Dreams and the Unconscious in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (1984). A prolific translator, he has made a number of works available for English language readers, including prose by Tolstoy, Turgenev, Sleptsov, Jabotinsky, and others. His translations of Dostoevsky's works include Notes from Underground, Devils, Crime and Punishment. Dr.Katz translated The Brothers of Karamazov recently, and the book came out in July 2023. In this conversation, he spoke about 19th-century Russian Literature, Dostyoveksky's contribution to literature and retranslating ‘The Brothers Karamazov' and the joy he continues to derive from pursuing the craft of Translation for the last four decades.The Brothers Karamazov - Dr Michael Katz translated can be purchased using this Link https://amzn.to/3ZBZFaa* For your Valuable feedback on this Episode - Please click the below linkhttps://bit.ly/epfedbckHarshaneeyam on Spotify App –http://bit.ly/harshaneeyam Harshaneeyam on Apple App –http://apple.co/3qmhis5 *Contact us - harshaneeyam@gmail.com ***Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Interviewees in interviews conducted by Harshaneeyam Podcast are those of the Interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Harshaneeyam Podcast. Any content provided by Interviewees is of their opinion and is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Владимир Петрунин - кандидат философских наук, доцент кафедры теологии, религиоведения и культурных аспектов национальной безопасности Орловского государственного университета имени И.С. Тургенева. В 1998 г. закончил исторический факультет Орловского государственного университета. В 1999-2002 гг. обучался в очной аспирантуре философского факультета МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова. В 2002 г. защитил кандидатскую диссертацию на тему «Политический исихазм и его традиции в «Основах социальной концепции Русской Православной Церкви». Автор более 90 научных работ, опубликованных в России, Белоруссии, Болгарии, Польше, Сербии, Словакии и на Украине. Монография «Политический исихазм и его традиции в социальной доктрине Московского Патриархата» удостоена Благодарности и Памятной медали Комитета и Фонда по премиям памяти митрополита Московского и Коломенского Макария (Булгакова) (2009 г.). Сфера его научных интересов - политическая теология православного христианства. Vladimir Petrunin, Ph.D. in Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theology, Religious Studies and Cultural Aspects of National Security, Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev. In 1998 he graduated from the Faculty of History of the Oryol State University. In 1999-2002 studied at the full-time postgraduate course of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov. In 2002 he defended his Ph.D. thesis on "Political hesychasm and its traditions in the Foundations of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church". Author of more than 90 scientific papers published in Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine. The monograph "Political Hesychasm and Its Traditions in the Social Doctrine of the Moscow Patriarchate" was awarded the Commemorative Medal of the Committee and the Foundation for Prizes in Memory of Metropolitan Makariy (Bulgakov) of Moscow and Kolomna (2009). The scope of his scientific interests is the political theology of Orthodox Christianity. ================================SUPPORT & CONNECT:Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrichTwitter: https://twitter.com/denofrichFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.develman/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrichInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/Hashtag: #denofrich© Copyright 2023 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.
Na estante semanal, sem sombra de governo, há a história rocambolesca dos papéis perdidos de Céline, misteriosamente reencontrados, do qual se extraiu agora o romance “Guerra”; romance ou autobiografia disfarçada? Há dois livros de Maria Filomena Mónica, a luta geracional analisada pelo russo Turgenev e filosofia explicada a leitores sofisticados.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mario Caramitti"Alla vigilia"Ivan TurgenevCarbonio Editorehttps://carbonioeditore.itNel 1853, alla vigilia della guerra di Crimea, la giovane e testarda Elena, figlia di aristocratici russi, si innamora di Dmitrij Insarov, un rivoluzionario bulgaro che sogna di liberare la sua patria dalla dominazione ottomana. Decisa a sposarlo contro il volere della sua famiglia, Elena abbandona la casa paterna e la sua terra natia per seguirlo in un viaggio che la porterà lontano, rincorrendo un sogno d'amore, rivoluzione e ideali. Nel racconto di un'estate in dacia, tra gite, schermaglie e motteggi, sogni e paure, sfociata in un ardimentoso viaggio in Europa, si snoda una narrazione serrata e avvincente, dalla quale emergono i temi essenziali per l'autore e i suoi contemporanei: la contrapposizione fra la Russia e l'Europa analizzata da molteplici angolazioni, i compiti dell'intelligencija di fronte alla società, la nuova centralità del ruolo della donna. Turgenev lascia palpitare il cuore in quello che è uno dei classici più amati dell'Ottocento, reso qui in una nuova traduzione, vivida e pulsante, che ne restituisce tutto l'impeto moderno e l'indomabile forza giovanile.Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) è considerato uno dei padri della letteratura russa. Nato a Orël, si specializzò in studi classici alle Università di Mosca e Pietroburgo, per poi trasferirsi all'Università di Berlino per proseguire gli studi di filosofia. Tornato in patria, si distinse per le sue posizioni progressiste e filo-occidentali, schierandosi a favore dell'abolizione della servitù della gleba. Visse gran parte della vita tra la Germania e Parigi, dove strinse una salda amicizia con Gustave Flaubert. Conobbe anche Tolstoj e Dostoevskij, con i quali ebbe un rapporto a tratti burrascoso e conflittuale.Tra le sue opere ricordiamo Memorie di un cacciatore (1852), Nido di nobili (1859) e Padri e figli (1862).Mario Caramitti, professore associato, insegna letteratura russa alla Sapienza. Divide le sue forze tra la ricerca (Letteratura russa contemporanea. La scrittura come resistenza, 2010; Classici alla finestra, 2020) e la traduzione (oltre venti libri), che considera il più prezioso strumento ermeneutico. Scrive regolarmente di letteratura russa su “Alias” e ha curato antologie sulle avanguardie postsovietiche (Schegge di Russia) e storiche (Fuoco e Sogni), fino a Voci russe contro la guerra (con Massimo Maurizio, open access, 2022).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement
First Love by Ivan Turgenev audiobook. The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The 'boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her' story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise. First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's 'epiphanies') that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. 'but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev audiobook. The fathers and children of the novel refers to the growing divide between the two generations of Russians, and the character Yevgeny Bazarov has been referred to as the "first Bolshevik", for his nihilism and rejection of the old order. Turgenev wrote Fathers and Sons as a response to the growing cultural schism that he saw between liberals of the 1830s/1840s and the growing nihilist movement. Both the nihilists (the "sons") and the 1830s liberals sought Western-based social change in Russia. Additionally, these two modes of thought were contrasted with the conservative Slavophiles, who believed that Russia's path lay in its traditional spirituality. Fathers and Sons might be regarded as the first wholly modern novel in Russian Literature (Gogol's Dead Souls, another main contender, is sometimes referred to as a poem or epic in prose as in the style of Dante's Divine Comedy). The novel introduces a dual character study, as seen with the gradual breakdown of Bazarov's and Arkady's nihilistic opposition to emotional display, especially in the case of Bazarov's love for Madame Odintsova and Fenichka. This prominent theme of character duality and deep psychological insight would exert an influence on most of the great Russian novels to come, most obviously echoed in the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. The novel is also the first Russian work to gain prominence in the Western world, eventually gaining the approval of well established novelists Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, and Henry James, proving that Russian literature owes much to Ivan Turgenev.
Professor Kozlowski tackles the first half of Tolstoy's aesthetic masterwork (?) What is Art? to isolate and examine (1) Tolstoy's grievances with art in the late nineteenth century (and (1b) how much of that applies to contemporary artistic criticism), (2) the failings in other aesthetic systems at the time, (3) Tolstoy's own (admittedly-ambiguous and problematic) principles of artistic merit, and (4) how Tolstoy's targets (including Baudelaire, Impressionism, Shakespeare, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony) fare under his criticism. There's a lot to unpack and a lot to talk about, so strap in and get ready for another convoluted discussion about art! Suggested supplementary readings include: Baudelaire, Verlaine, and Mallarme (translations included in Tolstoy's Appendices) Wagner's Ring Cycle (we'll talk about it more next week) Turgenev's The Hunting Sketches (for an example of peasant-oriented Russian literature) Genesis from the Bible (one of the few artworks Tolstoy frequently holds up as exemplary) Revisit some 19th century art movements like Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid
Photographic historian & writer Michael Lesy joins the show to celebrate his amazing new book, WALKER EVANS: LAST PHOTOGRAPHS & LIFE STORIES (Blast Books). We get into his friendship with Evans & their shared interest in Lyrical Documentary, why Evans' last photos were dismissed by academics (even though they are, in fact, amazing), what he learned from writing a mini-biography of Evans for the book, how Evans returned to one of his first cameras — the Polaroid SX-70 — in his last year, and what Michael felt seeing his late wife among the final portraits Evans shot. We also get into Michael's ~50-year career from Wisconsin Death Trip to now, how reading the Russians — especially Turgenev — turned him into a writer, how he feels about everyone taking pictures on their phones, and the importance of understanding photo history. Plus, we discuss how he taught Literary Journalism at my alma mater, Hampshire College, for ~30 years, the audition test he gave his students so they could write their way into his class, why students became much more frail over the decades, and a LOT more. More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal
Russian is a beautiful language of literature. Think Dostoevsky, Gogol, Chekov, Rushkin, Gorky, Turgenev, Tolstoy… Ah, you just have to one day read it the way it was written, untranslated, unadulterated.Korean has the most advanced writing system. You can read and write Korean in about 2 hours if you have the focus and a good teacher. It's the most effective writing system you can ever learn, and you can use it phonetically to write your own secret diary, as da Vinci had his deep thoughts written in his secret diary in mirror images.Arabic is usually considered one of the most difficult languages to learn, topped by only a few languages like Japanese in terms of difficulty. Plus, it's even harder (or so they say) if you are a native speaker of English or a romance language.Unsurprisingly Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean come out as the hardest, requiring almost 2 years to learn. In the past I've tried my hand at the latter three, finding all extremely challenging although the Korean alphabet (Hangul) is far easier to learn than Chinese characters.Global Admissions Apply to universities online ____________________________________________________________Check out more episodes and subscribe on 2030school.com You can also email us at rich@2030school.com
Fathers and Sons is a novel written by the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. It was published in 1862. The story centres around Bazarov—a self-proclaimed nihilist. In this episode, we discuss some of the perils of being a nihilist!
This week we will survey nihilism in Russian literature with Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater, translators of a new edition of Ivan Turgenev's https://bookshop.org/a/82618/9781681376356 (Fathers and Children). Turgenev's novel introduced nihilism as an idea to an entire generation of Russian dissidents - including Kropotkin. Join me as the Slaters show how nihilism is portrayed in this epoch-making novel, as well as famous depictions of nihilism in Russian writers from Gogol to Dostoevsky.
This week, Mario and Twenty welcome photographer Ray Astronomikal to the Expression Appraisal Table. Nowadays, pictures are worth a thousand...likes? Views? Watch as Mario and Twenty are joined by Detroit native and photographer/videographer Ray Astronomikal to discuss the meaning and origin of A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Ray describes himself as a nomad with a camera. He hails from Detroit, MI but has traveled the world as a philosopher, photographer, and tech professional. You can find all things Ray at: Instagram: www.instagram.com/astronomikal1 Twitter: www.twitter.com/astronomikal1 Website: https://astronomikal.darkroom.tech SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnderdog 0:00 Warriors NBA Champs, Covid, Will Smith Opener 1:07 Intro 1:55 Roll Call: Detroit Hats and Miami Championships 6:16 Connection To A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words 9:01 What is A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words? Webster's Definition 14:11 The Origin of A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words 17:07 A Chinest Proverb 31:36 Confucius And The Real Chinese Proverb 37:25 Pictures Are Proof of the Words 40:38 Da Vinci, Turgenev, Napoleon 44:35 Not Just Pictures 1:00:45 Appraise The Phrase: The Grades 1:03:45 Connect With CJ and Ant 1:06:06 Dictionary of Misinformation Follow Appraise The Phrase: Official Site: ➡️ https://appraisethephrase.com/ ATP YouTube: ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhOT41ItFBzpXanbzfT0oQ (Shorts and exclusive clips) Twitter: ➡️ https://twitter.com/AppraisePhrase Instagram: ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/appraisethephrasepodcast TikTok: ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@appraisethephrase
Drs. David Johnson (University of Texas) and Patrick Loehrer (Indiana University) host the second half second half of their Oncology, Etc. interview with Mr. Paul Goldberg, the editor and publisher of the world-renowned publication The Cancer Letter. In part two, Mr. Goldberg talks about literary works he has developed outside of The Cancer Letter, his perspective on the Russian/Ukrainian conflict, and more. If you liked this episode, please subscribe. Learn more at https://education.asco.org, or email us at education@asco.org. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Pat Loehrer: Hi, I'm Pat Loehrer, Director of Global oncology and Health Equity at Indiana University. I'm here with David Johnson, a medical oncologist at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas. This is the second half of our two-part Oncology, Etc. A conversation featuring Paul Goldberg, who's the editor of the prestigious oncology publication, The Cancer Letter. While, part one focuses more closely on Mr. Goldberg's early life - his introduction to writing and ecology and his work with The Cancer Letter - in part two, we're going to learn more about the literary works of Mr. Goldberg which are developed outside of The Cancer Letter. We'll also learn about his insight into the Russian Ukrainian conflict. We'll pick the conversation back up with Dave asking Paul about the most important changes he's seen in oncology throughout his career. Dr. David Johnson: What changes in oncology have you seen that have been most impressive in your mind, apart from therapeutic advances? What other changes have taken place that you've witnessed in your role as editor of Cancer Letter that you think really made a difference? Paul Goldberg: I think there's a lot less of this kind of, I have more friends now than I've ever had before, maybe I'm just getting old and I like a lot of people. There were a lot of people that I did not like early on. For me, culturally that's a difference. I think a lot of people are thinking along the same lines. There's a language of oncology. There's an understanding of the importance of clinical trials. People are arguing about whether to randomize. It wasn't that long ago that people were wondering about whether that's even a good thing. You mentioned Rick Pazdur. I don't know if it rises to the level of being able to say that I coined the term but the language of oncology, to some extent, is Pazdur-esque because he has gotten everybody on the same wavelength, and people do understand what it takes to get a drug to develop most of the time. So, that would be my first observation. There's less to argue about the fundamentals. And also, a lot of the kids I came up with are now cancer center directors. Dr. Pat Loehrer: In one of the friendships, I think it's been really strong has been you and Otis Brawley was crucial. You guys wrote a book together. And I think part of that book, which was very interesting was the title says, First do no harm. There are a lot of things we do in medicine that we think we're doing well, but yet, by over-testing and overtreatment, we actually don't, in the long run, help the patients or help society. Tell me a little bit about that. You're not working on this project without us on the history of oncology. And so, the perspective of that and what are some of the most interesting historical stories that you know about? Paul Goldberg: I think he just at one point at one of the NCI meetings might have had something to do with NSABP, he started explaining to me, the NIH Reauthorization Act of 1993, and how women and minorities' language was bizarre in there, and the definition of minorities and definition of race. So, here's this guy who is explaining stuff to me, which I wouldn't have really slowed down to think about because journalists generally don't slow down to think about things unless you tell them to, at least I didn't at the time. And then I said, well, this guy has been explaining stuff to me and I've been explaining stuff to him occasionally. So, it's been going on and we've been talking probably, give or take, once a day for 30 years or so. That produced the book and the book was really funny, the first book with him. We were both wondering, where do we begin? And then I said, well, why don't we just begin with the older mastectomy? You know, the spontaneous mastectomy of a patient and he said, yeah, let's do that. So, it was like, I knew his story with which to begin. It was that kind of weird, but it was kind of fun. Dr. David Johnson: Whose idea was the book? Was it yours or his? Was it a joint decision? Paul Goldberg: We had been talking about that for maybe 20 years prior. And then at one point, it was very obvious because my agent even said, I think your friend and you should write a book. I think the time is now. Then I called Otis that day. But that's not a rare occasion and asked Otis to write the book and Otis said, yeah, it's time to write the book. So, we decided that we would do it. Dr. Pat Loehrer: After 20 years, you jumped on it? Paul Goldberg: Yeah, it was exactly like that. Dr. David Johnson: Paul, this is a silly question. Do you actually write or do you dictate? Paul Goldberg: I write. Dr. David Johnson: Do you manually write or do you type? Paul Goldberg: Yes, I type on the computer. I absolutely do. Dr. Pat Loehrer: What do you do, Dave? Dr. David Johnson: I actually write. I'm not a typist. I do the two-finger thing, you know? Dr. Pat Loehrer: Yeah, I write out and then I'll type, but I write with a pencil. Dr. David Johnson: Yeah, that's what I do as well. That's really old-fashioned. Paul Goldberg: The young people I work with think it's pretty hilarious that I don't type correctly. But that's just not my bottleneck. My bottleneck is thinking. It's not typing. So, I'd never really learned to type properly. Dr. David Johnson: So, you've written a lot about a wide array of different subjects. I mean, you have pointed out at the beginning, that you've written some fiction, some very successful books, it seems I came across something that you wrote on the internet. I thought it was kind of interesting, and I knew nothing about it. But you wrote a piece entitled, why every progressive should read The Good Soldier Svejk. Paul Goldberg: Yeah, that is me. Dr. David Johnson: I had no idea about The Good Soldier, Svejk. Maybe you could tell us about this. Paul Goldberg: Yeah, it's kind of the fundamentals of Eastern European humor. It's also the fundamentals of all humor. It's also the fundamentals of, I would have to say, catch 22 is really impossible without Svejk. It's basically a loosely structured novel. It's set in Prague. Svejk is the Czech national hero, kind of the Don Quixote of Prague, especially Prague. He tells old stories of, well, what it really comes down to is that he is conscripted into World War One. And he either is a complete idiot or he pretends to be a complete idiot. And that makes him a very sane person in many ways. So, it's kind of like only a madman could survive this. But the beauty of this is that we've never really learned that he is really an idiot. And actually, he does say this, I have the honor to report that I'm a complete idiot. So, his adventures are absolutely hilarious, and before he is conscripted, he catches dogs and sells them and just takes a mongrel dog and turns it into a terrier, by painting it black and chopping off half of its tail, that kind of stuff. So, my mother started reading it to me, preparing me for life in the Soviet Union before there was a chance to get out. My first reading of Svejk was totally age inappropriate. And politically somewhat inappropriate. It's not an illegal sort of book. It's allowed, which is sort of a joke in and of itself because, in a totalitarian state, a book like Svejk has bragged more dissent than Bush can, who is also... Dr. Pat Loehrer: Let me ask you this Paul, just because you brought it up and to bring it more timely to what's going on, now give us a little insight into what you think mothers and children are talking about, not only in Ukraine but also in Russia right now with this invasion that's going on? What are some of your thoughts, whatever your concerns, and just ruminate a little bit about what is in your mind? Paul Goldberg: I keep thinking about 1968 in Moscow, in August 68, when Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia. I was nine years old, but boy I just sat down and listened, I was glued to the radio, basically listening to the voice of America and others, but I didn't know a single person who really supported that. It's this deep feeling of shame and there's no way to hide that from anybody, children, or whoever, which is also right. At that time, actually, my mother was reading Svejk to me, which is a very appropriate book for 68. I think she started before that but here as an independent state and our leadership has decided to send tanks. I can tell you that in 1969, during the Hockey Championship, I routed the Czechs so much. I mean, the Czech were us, they weren't them, Americans were us too. So, I was rooting for the Americans, but the Soviets beat us. But when the Czechs won against the Russians, that was the happiest day of my life, and I was like, not quite, 9. So, it's an incredible feeling of shame and we all grew up with that. And right now, there are children all over Russia who are growing up with it. I don't know anybody who voted for Putin. I know a lot of people in Russia. Nobody I know. Maybe I never ran into anybody like that. It's just not us. It's them. So, I guess I might as well just sort of, I grew up among the Moscow intelligence act. So, if I grew up and we had a small provincial town, maybe, definitely the feeling would be very different in the provinces over. So, it's also, like, I'm listening to Zelenskyy speak and Russia and to the Russian people. His Russian is so much better than Putin's because Zelenskyy has read many books and Putin may have read one that was written under his name. These are the fat-faced idiots of the new nuclear bureaucracy. It's really shameful, really shameful. There is no difference, really, that I know of between my friends there, and my friends here. Not even in age. Actually, as part of my historical stuff, I met two of the participants in the demonstration on Red Square in 1968. And I knew them fairly well, so actually, just very recently, it's my audio archive of interviews with Soviet dissidents of that time. Say, I didn't really deliberately put together that archive, I put it together to write a book but there it was, and still is. Yeah, it hasn't changed from 1960s. It's just that there are more people, more outrage, and it's not going to go well for anybody. But Putin is one of the people for whom it's not going to go well because in Ukraine, you might be able to take Kyiv, but you're not going to be able to hold the whole of Ukraine. No way. These people are, I mean, these people my brothers culturally. Dr. David Johnson: You wrote a book entitled, “The Yid”. Paul Goldberg: Yeah. Dr. David Johnson: Tell us about that. Is that from this experience that you had had? Paul Goldberg: Slightly different, I have just finished the book that's from that experience. That's the one I've just turned in. It's called the dissident and that's coming out next year. But Yid was an interesting project for me. I was a kid and in Moscow hanging out with my grandfather, and his various friends and my own friends, and they all spoke Yiddish, but they were all Red Army veterans. So, they're these old Jewish guys walking around with my grandfather, talking about what happened in 1943. Telling stories like, well, I took two machine gunners and we went through the swamp for three days. Then we found ourselves in the center of Leningrad, that kind of stuff. It was just truly amazing. So, I started thinking of a way of imagining something that Stalin actually did plan to do, which was to deport all Jews. It was a kind of a holocaust that he was planning of his own. And I thought, well, what would these guys have done? So, I wrote the comedy about Stalin's death. It begins with KGB and NKVD trying to arrest an old Jewish actor. My grandfather was a pharmacist, he was not an actor, but he did give that guy our apartment or communal flat in the center of Moscow. So, he kind of got arrested in that place. But the problem is that the arrest doesn't take place the way they usually do take place. Ths guy kills three NKVD. Dr. David Johnson: To protect his hero he does sort of almost Spider Man-like, given your… Paul Goldberg: Yeah, small swords number which he develops on stage. So, and then I actually, also weirdly, I was very lucky that part of my material is that my aunt comes from a very famous Jewish Intelligentsia family. And in fact, her grandfather started the Moscow Hebrews Theater, which became now the National Theatre of Israel. He was sort of a very major ethno-musicologist. Her maiden name is Dobrushin, and that was one of the Moscow Yiddish theater playwrights. So, I was able to kind of hear the stories of my aunt telling me the stories about having seen Solomon Mikhoels, and after his trip to America, the legendary things, and they put it all together into this novel, imagining a kind of alternative history. But really, Stalin did die when Stalin died. It's just that they changed the mechanism of his death, and it's a comedy. So, it's kind of a Yiddish comedy. Dr. David Johnson: You also wrote a book entitled, “The Chateau”, but this was more contemporary, I think, right? What was the inspiration for that book, which takes place in Florida, right? Paul Goldberg: Right. It was my stab at Florida realism. Actually, what I did was, the characters are all fictional, and the protagonist is a journalist at the Washington Post, a little bit of a nebbish, not a little bit but very much a nebbish, gets fired for insubordination at the Washington Post, then goes over to try to write a book about his college roommate who dies mysteriously. So, it's kind of a murder mystery. It's a kind of Florida realism. In the end, it's kind of a kleptocracy story about condo boards, which was really in America at the time. And the timeframe is right before Trump's inauguration. So, it's like Trump supporting the Soviet Jews. There's the sort of a din of, “here it comes”. And it was an interesting book to write. I don't think I ever want to write a current - and I will write a nonfiction book - but I don't want to really write anymore about something that happens now. My model for that was Turgenev it was Fathers and Sons, so I planted it in Florida and kind of played on my fantasy of what it would be if my father was not anything like my father actually is. Dr. Pat Loehrer: Before we wind up. Can I ask you a quick question? This comes from one of our viewers or one of our listeners. I remember when I was first dating, I would get really sweaty and nervous just calling up who would eventually turn out to be my wife. I would get that same feeling years later when I was calling a babysitter to see if she would go to take care of our kids. But the third point of terror is being interviewed by you and The Cancer Letter, and you would get sweaty palms and get really nervous. What advice would you have for someone who's being interviewed? Paul Goldberg: I'm not a ferocious person. I just ask questions like you just did, actually, it's very strange but I wouldn't even know how to be anything but polite. Well, there are situations where you probably wouldn't want to take my calls. But you know what those situations are. So, it's completely sort of like, not an issue. I have more friends than I have enemies by a factor of maybe 1000. It really shows, I don't think I've ever like screwed up in that way of just going after, this was the one case where I really screwed up. But this was very early, this would have been very early in my career. And now I would have just figured it out very quickly and said, oh, what the hell was I doing? But no, I mean, I have so much respect for the people who do this work and for both of you. I have so much respect for people who serve ODAC or NCAAB, or the President's Cancer Panel, and any of these incredible groups. I have so much respect for the cooperative group system for the methodology of clinical trials. I mean, you start messing with the methodology of clinical trials. Yeah, you're gonna get me on. It wouldn't be pleasant. But you would know you're doing it. Dr. David Johnson: I think we all agree that you've done a wonderful job of helping our field advance in so many ways, uncovering some things that aren't so good and helping us correct those mistakes. I personally want to thank you for that. I know Pat feels the same way. Paul Goldberg: Thank you. I think I get entirely too much credit for The Cancer Letter, but it's not really been just me for a very long time. Right now, we also have the Cancer History Project and my co-editor on that is Otis Raleigh. Then The Cancer Letter operations are run by Katie Goldberg, who also happens to be my daughter, but she is also the illustrator. Katie is the inspiration really for all the operations and she's working with Mona Mirmortazavi who's also very, very talented. On my editorial side, Matt Ong has been here for eight years. And he knows his way around oncology. Many people have dealt with him in many stories. And then there's Alice Tracy, who is an engineer, also a writer by training, and she is just a journalist with incredible talent. Then there's, of course, Alex Carolan, who is working with the Cancer History Project. She's the staff for it. And then, of course, the web designer, David Koh, and the graphics designer, Jackie Ong. It's a big crew. It takes a lot to produce The Cancer letter and it's also really a blast. Dr. David Johnson: One final question for you. We've asked all of our guests. We've talked a lot about your writings and your books, but if you read something recently that you could recommend to our listeners or perhaps a documentary that you've seen that you think is worthy of our time, what would you recommend to us and to our listeners? Paul Goldberg: Well, I'm just gonna reach for a book that's sitting in front of me right now, The Man Who Sold America. It's a story of Albert Lasker and the creation of the advertising century. It's very interesting because one of his creations was Mary Lasker, who created the National Cancer, and it took her a while to figure it out but he taught her. He was long gone by the time this was done, but without him and the mirrors that were erected, and he taught her how to erect those mirrors and how to make it happen. It's kind of a story of lies, lies, and lies, but then, human genius gets in there, the methodology gets put together, and everything starts happening. I mean, when they got started in this field, and this is not the book, but everybody would have a monoclonal antibody and everybody was laughing at people that had monoclonal antibodies, you know, immunology, yeah, right. Whom has Steve Rosenberg ever cured? Human genius stepped in. Dr. David Johnson: I just clicked on Amazon to have it sent to me. It should be here by tomorrow afternoon. Paul Goldberg: It's an interesting book about a guy with bipolar disorder, who does a bunch of weird and brilliant things. Dr. David Johnson: Paul, thank you so much for your time this afternoon. It's been a real blast to have this opportunity to chat with you. Paul Goldberg: Well, thank you. I'm sorry if I was being nonlinear. Dr. David Johnson No, we appreciate your nonlinearity. Let me take the moment now and thank our listeners for tuning in to Oncology, Etc. This is an ASCO educational podcast, where we will talk about anything and everything. If you have a suggestion for a guest, you would like us to interview, please send your suggestion to education@asco.org. Thanks again. And remember, Pat is not a Russian dissident. Dr. Pat Loehrer: Thanks, Paul. It was terrific having you, and Dave, not so much. Thank you for listening to the ASCO education podcast. To stay up to date with the latest episodes. Please click subscribe. Let us know what you think by leaving a review. For more information visit the comprehensive education center at education.asco.org. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guess statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO the mention of any product service organization activity or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement.
The Bookening is divided over one of the great (?) Russian novels!Here's a link to that great piece on Tolstoy and Turgenev's relationship.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
To mark the paperback release of George Saunders's extraordinary reading and writing guide A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, we are delighted to release this conversation from last year—previously only available to Friends of Shakespeare and Company.*SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR BONUS EPISODESLooking for Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses? https://podfollow.com/sandcoulyssesIf you want to spend even more time at Shakespeare and Company, you can now subscribe for regular bonus episodes and early access to Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses.Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoSubscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/shakespeare-and-company-writers-books-and-paris/id1040121937?l=enAll money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit, created to fund our noncommercial activities—from the upstairs reading library, to the writers-in-residence program, to our charitable collaborations, and our free events.*From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a literary masterclass on how to become both a better writer and reader, on what makes great stories work, and what they can tell us about how to live. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches each of these stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a writer must foster. For the process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is as much a craft as it is a quality of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes. Funny, frank, and rigorous, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain ultimately shows how great fiction can change a person's life and become a benchmark of one's moral and ethical beliefs.*George Saunders is the author of nine books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize and the Premio Rezzori prize. Tenth of December was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Folio Prize. He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships and the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story, and was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeListen to Alex Freiman's Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1Shak Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I speak with the travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler to discuss her book — Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age. Among Sara's body of work are O My America!: Six Women and their Second Acts in a New World, and books on the polar regions: The Magnetic North on the Arctic, and Terra Incognita on Antarctica. Her book Access All Areas is selected writings across two decades.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporters of this podcast:Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously planned journeys into hard-to-reach wildernesses and cultures.TUMI — Creating world-class business, travel and performance luxury essentials.Ultimate Library — Creating bespoke book collections to educate and inspire.If you're enjoying the podcast, I'd love you to leave a rating or a review. To learn about future editions, please subscribe or hit “follow” on your podcast app of choice. Thank you for listening! For more on the podcast, book recs, what books to pack for where's next, and who's up next, I'm across socials @michellejchan. I'd love to hear from you.And if you've missed any, do catch up. From Janine di Giovanni to Bernardine Evaristo to Afua Hirsch to Carla Power to Maaza Mengiste to Kapka Kassabova.All credit for sound effects goes to the artists and founders of Freesound.org and Zapsplat.com. All credit for music goes to the artists and founders of Soundstripe.com
Watch youtubeSupport MeFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev introduced one of the greatest and most famous Russian characters of all time. Bazarov personified the philosophy of Russian nihilism that started in 19th century and culminated in the 20th century with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Fathers and Sons influence on Dostoevsky is apparent, specially in the Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment, all three I have reviewed here. Also, note that Fathers and Sons was published in 1862, 4 years before Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and 7 years before Tolstoy's War and Peace, so it is a pioneer of Russian literature. In this video, I will summarise the story, discuss Russian nihilism, why Bazarov is called the greatest nihilist, and how Turgenev masterfully builds, develops, and transforms his characters so devastatingly skilfully like a true artist that breaks your heart. I have broken down the novel into five major conflicts depicted by Turgenev, a master of show, don't tell. But first let me give you a quick overview of Russia at the time.
Xin chào các bạn thính giả đến với số phát sóng tiếp theo của podcasts Ngày này năm ấy, số ra thứ 3 ngày 09/11. --------------- Danh ngôn cuộc sống: “Duyên phận mang con người đến với nhau, nhưng chính lòng người lại là thứ đưa con người ta rời xa nhau.” ------------- Sự kiện ngày 09/11: 1, Giáo sư Nguyễn Xiển 2, Nhà văn Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ------------- Giọng đọc: Phạm Kỳ, Quốc Đạt, Hoàng Ngân ★ Mọi thông tin xin liên hệ: ngaynaynamay1501@gmail.com
We're back for the next round of episodes!Listen to my interview on The Reverend Hunter Podcastwww.reverendhunter.comListen to my interview on The Amaazen Outdoors Podcastwww.amaazen.comBuy the most recent translation of Turgenev's A Sportsman's Sketchbook here or wherever you get your books.https://www.northshire.com/book/9780062968470In this episode I use the word "primarily" several times!
Turgenev's Justice GM: Backdoor Rex: Blaine Prescot Winfrey Duck: Ahmya Liso Kyle: Chuck Love Art: Padraig Dunne Mike: Professor Victor Samson
Watch out for not so friendly fire... GM: Backdoor Rex: Blaine Prescot Winfrey Duck: Ahmya Liso Kyle: Chuck Love Art: Padraig Dunne Mike: Professor Victor Samson
(This conversation was originally aired on March 3, 2021) Good afternoon and welcome to an archive edition of Midday. My guest is the author, George Saunders. He's published hundreds of short stories, and he's the winner of the Man Booker Prize for his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. Saunders' short stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper'sand many other magazines, and collected in best-selling books like The Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and which Time Magazine called one of the ten best books of the decade. Tom describes George Saunders as "a wholly original, surprising and powerfully imaginative writer whose work is unlike anything I've read before. His writing," Tom adds, "seems to re-invent the rules for how fiction is structured and re-imagine how storytelling can unfold." In 1997, George Saunders joined the faculty of his graduate school alma mater, Syracuse University. Earlier this year, he published his 11th book, which is a fascinating peroration that draws on his experience in the classroom. Saunders has chosen seven stories by a quartet of famous Russian authors: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Gogol. He examines, explains, and riffs on each story, and in the process, with joy and wonder and delight, he offers insight into how we read, and how great authors write. It's called A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading, and Life. George Saunders joined us on Zoom. Our conversation was recorded in early March, 2021. Because this is a re-broadcast of Midday, we aren't able to take any new calls or comments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous events of 19th century Europe, An Unofficial Marriage dramatizes the equally tumultuous real-life love affair of two great artists—the famous Russian author, Ivan Turgenev, and the celebrated French opera singer, Pauline Viardot. From the moment he encounters her on the St. Petersburg stage, Ivan falls completely for Pauline. Though Pauline returns his feelings, she is bound by her singular passion for her art and her devotion to her gentle, older husband, Louis. Nevertheless, Ivan pursues Pauline across countries and continents—from Russia to France to Germany to Prussia—and in the decades that follow their fateful meeting, the lives of Pauline, Ivan, and Louis remain permanently intertwined as the lovers face jealousy, separation, the French Revolution of 1848, the cholera epidemic of 1849, the Franco-Prussian War, Turgenev's arrest in Russia, Louis's heartbreak and resignation, and the highs and lows of their artistic careers. “You know those unofficial marriages,” Turgenev would write almost thirty years after meeting Pauline, “They sometimes turn out more poisonous than the accepted form.” With beautiful and compelling prose and employing multiple perspectives, Joie Davidow (who herself has a background in opera) illuminates not only the interior lives of these two intensely passionate artists, but also the grand historic moments that Pauline and Ivan experienced and the celebrated figures who moved in their circles—including George Sand, Leo Tolstoy, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Ary Scheffer—providing insight into the dynamic worlds of 19th century opera, literature, art, and politics. Epic in the tradition of the Russian writers whom we encounter, and as romantic and tragic as the operas that Pauline Viardot performs in, An Unofficial Marriage brings to life with great scope and great humanity this captivating story from the past and explores timeless questions about the relationship between art and passion and the complex workings of the human heart. Davidow is in conversation with Esmerelda Santiago. _______________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo, Lance Morgan, & Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.
Narrator Edoardo Ballerini gives the Garnett translation of Turgenev’s classic novella a wonderfully expressive reading. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss this work first published in 1860—an older man’s recollection of his adolescent crush on a neighboring princess. Thanks to Ballerini’s narration, the listener definitely feels the youthful infatuation, and the young man’s pain when his heart is broken. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Sylo Studios. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO, dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business. Visit penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/audiofile now to start listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(This conversation was originally broadcast on March 3, 2021) Tom's guest in this archive edition of Midday is the American author, George Saunders. He’s published hundreds of short stories, and his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2017. Saunders’ short stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’sand many other magazines, and collected in best-selling books like The Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and which Time Magazine called one of the ten best books of the decade. Tom describes George Saunders as "a wholly original, surprising and powerfully imaginative writer whose work is unlike anything I’ve read before. His writing seems to re-invent the rules for how fiction is structured and re-imagine how storytelling can unfold." In 1997, George Saunders joined the faculty of his graduate school alma mater, Syracuse University. Earlier this year, he published his 11th book, which is a fascinating peroration that draws on his experience in the classroom.Saunders has chosen seven stories by a quartet of famous Russian authors: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Gogol. He examines, explains, and riffs on each story, and in the process, with joy and wonder and delight, he offers insight into how we read, and how great authors write. It’s called A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading, and Life.George Saunders joins us on Zoom from Oneonta, New York. (Listeners, because this program was previously recorded, we couldn't take any new comments or questions.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From the Introduction (by V. S. Pritchett) to Ivan S. Turgenev: FATHERS AND SONS (Everyman's Library/Dent & Dutton), p. v - vi
From the Introduction (by V. S. Pritchett) to Ivan S. Turgenev: FATHERS AND SONS (Everyman's Library/Dent & Dutton), p. v
Fresh off the presses! This week's episode has mullings on likeable baddies, a comic book full of loveable degenerates, a new reccordion of "Sweet Cron," and more outtakes than usual.
Synopsis for Podcast 22 Pushkin's Onegin with Replies Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is Russia's most beloved poet. Eugene Onegin, called by Pushkin a “novel in verse,” is Russia's favorite narrative poem and her most influential novel. The narrative – about what was widely called a “superfluous man” – sets a context for the works by Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov that were to follow. From Lord Byron, Pushkin borrowed a clever device: the use of a casual narrator who becomes a fascinating character in the story. Tchaikovsky made Onegin into a great tragic opera, but he had to leave out the entertaining character of the narrator – plus all the delightful mood changes in the storyteller's personality. Form-faithful translator Martin Bidney has created a new genre of literature, the verse interview book. For every 14-line poem of Pushkin's, Bidney writes a Pushkin-style “reply” poem! So the book becomes a total dialogue, really two verse novels in conversation. Utterly unprecedented. The translator as collocutor.
George Saunders delivers a masterclass in writing in his new book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram @nicoleabadee George Saunders Website: https://www.georgesaundersbooks.com Penguin Random House "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609280/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-by-george-saunders/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Writer George Saunders says stories by Russian writers Chekhov, Turgenev, Gogol and Tolstoy can guide us as to 'how we are supposed to be living down here'
George Saunders won the Booker Prize for his 2017 novel Lincoln in the Bardo. For the last 20 years, he has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his students at Syracuse University. He shares a version of that class in his new book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.
George Saunders won the Booker Prize for his 2017 novel Lincoln in the Bardo. For the last 20 years, he has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his students at Syracuse University. He shares a version of that class in his new book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.
(This program was originally broadcast on March 3, 2021) Tom's guest in this archive edition of Midday is the American author, George Saunders. He’s published hundreds of short stories, and his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2017. Saunders’ short stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’sand many other magazines, and collected in best-selling books like The Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and which Time Magazine called one of the ten best books of the decade. Tom describes George Saunders as "a wholly original, surprising and powerfully imaginative writer whose work is unlike anything I’ve read before. His writing seems to re-invent the rules for how fiction is structured and re-imagine how storytelling can unfold." In 1997, George Saunders joined the faculty of his graduate school alma mater, Syracuse University. Earlier this year, he published his 11th book, which is a fascinating peroration that draws on his experience in the classroom. Saunders has chosen seven stories by a quartet of famous Russian authors: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Gogol. He examines, explains, and riffs on each story, and in the process, with joy and wonder and delight, he offers insight into how we read, and how great authors write. It’s called A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading, and Life. George Saunders joins us on Zoom from Oneonta, New York. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tom's guest today is the American author, George Saunders. He’s published hundreds of short stories, and his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2017. Saunders’ short stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s and many other magazines, and collected in best-selling books like The Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and which Time Magazine called one of the ten best books of the decade. Tom describes George Saunders as "a wholly original, surprising and powerfully imaginative writer whose work is unlike anything I’ve read before. His writing seems to re-invent the rules for how fiction is structured and re-imagine how storytelling can unfold." In 1997, George Saunders joined the faculty of his graduate school alma mater, Syracuse University. Earlier this year, he published his 11th book, which is a fascinating peroration that draws on his experience in the classroom. Saunders has chosen seven stories by a quartet of famous Russian authors: Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Gogol. He examines, explains, and riffs on each story, and in the process, with joy and wonder and delight, he offers insight into how we read and how great authors, write. It’s called A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading, and Life. George Saunders joins us on Zoom from Oneonta, New York. At a City Lit Festival event March 17th, George Saunders will lead a virtual (Zoom) Master Class in Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Pet Dog." For more information on the event, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The American writer George Saunders won the 2017 Booker Prize with Lincoln In The Bardo and is an award-winning author of short stories. His new book A Swim In A Pond In The Rain explains how short stories work with the aid of Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dorian Lynskey is a fan. George Saunders talks to Dorian about his “shovel in the fictive graveyard”, being a working class writer in a middle class world, the value of “looming catastrophe” in life and art… and why reading fiction is the best training for spotting lies in loved ones, colleagues and politicians. “I had the idea that literature was a beautiful gilded mansion and I had to leave all my real shit at the door. And it's not true.”“Our basic storytelling gland has to do with curiosity”“My job as a writer is to get to a place where the world doesn't surprise me.”“A story isn't a monolithic whole that comes from the writer's moral qualities. It's a magic trick made out of fragments of language.”“When you've got an administration that rejects enlightenment values they're not susceptible to satire. And I found that with Trump.”Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! “Write what you know:” the author’s mantra. And few know Detroit and its teams better than author TOM STANTON, our guest! Matthew Stafford TRADED! You’d expect the feckless Detroit sports media to love the FLs’ Big Deal — and BOB to be a skeptic. Can’t we please...
Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Anthony Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple) on Ivan Turgenev's 1862 “Fathers and Sons”, followed by a conversation about the novel with Dr Stephen Blackwood. Daniels illuminates the depth of Turgenev's insight into the revolutionary mindset, and its relevance to the nihilism of our own time and culture. This event was held live on January 14th, 2021 and includes questions from participants around the world.The music mentioned is Schubert's “Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D.343” played by Deborah Pae (cello) and Misha Namirovsky (piano), available at https://bit.ly/3a8UoO6.
This week, George Saunders discusses his new work, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. He pairs iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, with essays intended for anyone interested in how fiction works. He also discusses why the Russian short story is more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. (more…)
This week, George Saunders discusses his new work, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. He pairs iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, with essays intended for anyone interested in how fiction works. He also discusses why the Russian short story is more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Photo […]
George Saunders is one of the most celebrated fiction writers today but his new book looks back to examine great stories of the past. "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain" is a close look at seven classic 19th century Russian short stories that grew out of a class he's long taught on Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol as a creative writing teacher. Saunders approaches the work with a writer's curiosity. "The focus of my artistic life has been trying to learn to write emotionally moving stories that a reader feels compelled to finish," he writes. If a story drew us in, kept us reading, made us feel respected, how did it do that? We talk to Saunders about reading, writing and great literature.
In conversation with Daniel Torday, Director of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West, Boomer1, and The Sensualist, and two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award. ''One of the most gifted, wickedly entertaining story writers around'' (New York Times Book Review), George Saunders won the Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the Bardo, a kaleidoscopic tale of the 16th President's son's death and purgatorial afterlife. His surreal short story collections include the New York Times notable books Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline; and Tenth of December, a National Book Award finalist. A professor of creating writing at Syracuse University, Saunders is the recipient of Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships and has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Pairing iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol with seven corresponding essays, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is a meditative master class on what makes great fiction click. A signed book is included with the price of your ticket. Books will be mailed after the event. Please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery. (recorded 1/18/2021)
Listen to a story about Park Fili in Moscow, a park that is connected to names of Peter the Great, Elisabeth II, Kutuzov and Russian painters and writers like Repin, Turgenev, Tolstoy and others. Now it is one of the best parks in Moscow where you can walk, do sports, climb in Panda Park and many other things. Book a lesson at http://italki.com/yulia.stepanova to check your listening comprehension, to speak about your favourite parks and train new vocabulary and grammar. Use funny caricatures of an artist A.Tsap to retell this entire story.
The best way to pick up women is when they’re dying and you’re the only doctor for miles.Go on, read it yourself: https://bookshop.org/books/best-russian-short-stories-9798645523077/9798645523077Visit https://nuzzlehouse.com for show info.
Belgian Actor Ronald Guttman performs on August 21, 2020 at Guild Hall in East Hampton a dramatization of novel The Fall by French writer Albert Camus (1913-1960). La Culture Oui, But Why? explores the acting world of Ronald Guttman and invites screen-writer Alexis lloyd who adapted the novel to theater. The monologue will also be performed in October at the French Institute Alliance Francaise in New York. Ronald Guttman, founder and president of HIGHBROW, is also an actor, producer, and art collector. Ronald Guttman's long list of acting credits includes film, television, and theater. Mr. Guttman began his acting career in Brussels, Belgium, where he performed at The National Theatre in plays by Beckett, Schnitzler, Racine, Turgenev, and Camus, among others. He lives in New York and in Bridgehampton, NY Alexis Lloyd is a French film writer, director and producer best known for his film 30 Beats. He was Managing Director of Pathé UK. He lives in New York. Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957, the second-youngest recipient in history. His novel The Fall was published in 1952-1958.
Washouts. Junkies. Cowards. Meet the crew of the Turgenev.Zero Session where we discuss characters and direction for the campaign. GM: BackdoorRex: ?Duck: Ahmya LisoKyle: Chuck LoveArt: Padraig Dunne
RICHARD NELSON’s plays include The Michaels, Illyria, The Gabriels, The Apple Family Plays, Nikolai And The Others, Farewell To The Theatre, Conversations In Tusculum, Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award Best Play), Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination, Best Play), Some Americans Abroad (Olivier nomination, Best Comedy), and others. His musicals include James Joyce’s The Dead (with Shaun Davey, Tony Award Best Book of a Musical); his screenplays include Hyde Park On Hudson (Roger Michell, director). With Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, he has co-translated plays by Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev and Bulgakov. He is an honorary associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company and recipient of the PEN/Laura Pels “Master Playwright” Award.
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Dave Orton, Nick Watts, Tom Segal and Paddy Power's Darren Hughes return for an ante-post look ahead to the big race at Ascot in July: the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. On the show: - The ante-post team return for more racing tips, and this time they look at July's big race at Ascot: the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. - Coral-Eclipse winner Enable is a worthy odds-on favourite but with a classy field already assembling there are plenty of options to oppose her, including Tom Segal's favourite French raider. - Irish Derby winner Sovereign also lines up for Aidan O'Brien - do the sectionals prove he isn't just a flash in the pan? - Three Godolphin stars are also in the mix: the team assess the chances of Masar, Cross Counter and Ghaiyyath. - Plus, the big handicap on King George day is the Moet & Chandon International Stakes - can Turgenev sidestep the handicapping nightmare to claim another Ascot win for John Gosden? All prices can be found at Paddy Power: https://bit.ly/2RQ6Nv0 --- Producer: @AnyOldAdam --- Download the Racing Post app: https://www.racingpost.com/mobile View Racing Post betting offers: https://www.racingpost.com/free-bets 18+ Gamble Responsibly https://begambleaware.org --- Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2l9x35T Website: https://www.racingpost.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RacingPostTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/racingpost Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KEg3Eo Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2vq457o Audioboom: https://audioboom.com/channel/racingpost Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/31mEQ3T
Also known as "Home of the Gentry" and "A Nest of the Gentry", "A House of Gentlefolk" is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in 1859 Russia. It was enthusiastically received by Russian society and remained Turgenev's least controversial and most widely read novel until the end of the 19th century.Snoozecast makes sleep stories, put on a Snoozecast before you get into bed to help you fall asleep.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/snoozecast)
Nihilizm, Nitsşe, Kefli İskəndər, Turgenev, Atalar və Oğullar, Molla Vəli Vidadi, Tarkovski, Stalker, Matrix, Kintsugi.
Nihilizm, Nitsşe, Kefli İskəndər, Turgenev, Atalar və Oğullar, Molla Vəli Vidadi, Tarkovski, Stalker, Matrix, Kintsugi.
On Tuesday's "Leonard Lopate at Large," critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet and professor of writing at Columbia University Phillip Lopate (who also happens to be Leonard's brother) joins us for the premiere installment of our Underread Book Club with a discussion of Ivan Turgenev’s late masterpiece “Virgin Soil.” When it was published in 1877, "Virgin Soil" made Turgenev world famous; a month after it was published 52 young men and women were arrested in Russia on charges of revolutionary conspiracy and a shocked public in France, Britain and America turned to the novel for enlightenment. Its effect on American readers was enormous. Turgenev’s 1860s Russian radicals may remind you of 1960s American radicals and the political discussions often sound like the arguments being made today.
George Sand wrote an astonishing number of novels and plays, and had friendships and affairs with an astonishing range of men and women. She dressed in men’s clothing, and she inspired a host of 19th century authors and artists, including Russian writers like Turgenev and Dostoevsky and British writers like Mary Ann Evans, who adopted the name George, as in George Eliot, out of tribute to her French predecessor. In this episode of the History of Literature, we travel to 19th Century France, for a look at the life and works of the inimitable and indefatigable George Sand. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature. Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Viv Groskop in her luminous The Anna Karenina Fix, finds the answers to life’s burning questions in the great Russian novels. Not sure what to do with your love life? Turn to Tolstoy. Suffering from unrequited love? Turgenev can help. Are you socially awkward? Chekhov has the answers. Laura Freeman reveals how reading saved her life as she battled with anorexia, learning to embrace life once more through literature. Book by book and meal by meal, Laura acquired an entire library of reasons to live.
When asked to name the three greatest novels ever written, William Faulkner replied, “Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina.” Nabokov said, “When you are reading Turgenev, you know you are reading Turgenev. When you read Tolstoy, you are reading because you just cannot stop.” And finally, there's this compliment from author Isaac Babel: “If the world could write itself," he said, "it would write like Tolstoy.” But who was Leo Tolstoy? How did he become the person who could write War and Peace and Anna Karenina, two of the pinnacles of the novel form - and two of the greatest achievements in the history of human civilization? Why did he stop writing novels, and what did he do with the rest of his life? In this episode, host Jacke Wilson takes a look at the life and works of Count Leo Tolstoy, one of the most fascinating and revered figures in all of literature. Links and Other Treats: More of a Chekhov person? You might like Episode 63, where author Charles Baxter talks about how important Chekhov has been to him. For a look at Anna Karenina's "French cousin," check out Episode 79 - Music That Melts the Stars - Madame Bovary. Love the Russians? Listen to more in Episode 130 on the great poet Anna Akhmatova and her surprising affair with sculptor Amedeo Modigliani. Why did Tolstoy hate Shakespeare? Learn more in Episode 104 - King Lear. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature. Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. FREE GIFTS! The gift-giving continues! This month, we're giving away a copy of Nabokov's Lectures on Russian Literature and an Amazon.com gift certificate for the book of your choice. Sign up at patreon.com/literature to be eligible to win. Good luck! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Get ready to take a leaf out of Viv Groskop's life book.Borimir Totev talks (and plays a game) with Viv Groskop, author of 'The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature', who offers us a number of life fixes for some of the most common and absurd scenarios. Viv has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina) to being in love with someone who doesn't love you back enough (A Month in the Country by Turgenev) or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov's work).This podcast episode was edited and produced for Pushkin House by Borimir Totev.
Before the revolution that—very unexpectedly—brought them to power, the Bolsheviks lived nomadic lives. They were always on the run from the authorities. That the authorities were always after them is not really a mystery, for all the Bolsheviks really wanted to do was take their authority away. What they would put in place of that “old” authority, they were not sure. Time would tell. They were, however, sure that they would, once in power, stop running around and settle down. Since Moscow was their new capital, they stayed in Moscow’s hotels for a time while they tried to puzzle out how to build the world’s first communist state. Clearly, however, it wouldn’t due to have the People’s Commissars staying in fancy (if a bit down-at-the-heel) “bourgeois” hotels; it just didn’t feel right. The Soviet elites needed a place of their own. In 1928, they started to build it and a few years later it was done. It came to be known as the “Government House on the Embankment.” As Yuri Slezkine writes in his novelesque history The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution (Princeton University Press, 2017), their new home was where the Revolutionaries came to live and the Revolution came to die. Slezkine has some very interesting and to some, I’m sure, controversial things to say about the two generations of residents he discusses in the book. One is reminded a bit of Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” though in reverse: In the “House,” revolutionaries raised counter-revolutionaries. Listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Before the revolution that—very unexpectedly—brought them to power, the Bolsheviks lived nomadic lives. They were always on the run from the authorities. That the authorities were always after them is not really a mystery, for all the Bolsheviks really wanted to do was take their authority away. What they would put in place of that “old” authority, they were not sure. Time would tell. They were, however, sure that they would, once in power, stop running around and settle down. Since Moscow was their new capital, they stayed in Moscow’s hotels for a time while they tried to puzzle out how to build the world’s first communist state. Clearly, however, it wouldn’t due to have the People’s Commissars staying in fancy (if a bit down-at-the-heel) “bourgeois” hotels; it just didn’t feel right. The Soviet elites needed a place of their own. In 1928, they started to build it and a few years later it was done. It came to be known as the “Government House on the Embankment.” As Yuri Slezkine writes in his novelesque history The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution (Princeton University Press, 2017), their new home was where the Revolutionaries came to live and the Revolution came to die. Slezkine has some very interesting and to some, I’m sure, controversial things to say about the two generations of residents he discusses in the book. One is reminded a bit of Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” though in reverse: In the “House,” revolutionaries raised counter-revolutionaries. Listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Viv Groskop has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina) to being in love with someone who doesn’t love you back enough (A Month in the Country by Turgenev) or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov’s work). Viv will be offering us all some literary self-help, drawing on examples from her own life that reflect the lessons of literature, only in a much less poetic way than Tolstoy probably intended, and with an emphasis on being excessively paranoid about having an emerging moustache on your upper lip, just like Natasha in War and Peace. Viv Groskop is an award-winning comedian (Say Thank You to the Lady and Be More Margot), a crack interviewer (most recently seen on Graham Norton’s UK-wide book tour), and an agony aunt for The Pool. She is the author of I Laughed, I Cried (Orion 2013), and a regular contributor to the Guardian, Observer and Mail on Sunday, as well as Front Row, Woman’s Hour and Newsnight. Recorded Oct 2017 at 5x15 Bristol. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
The director talks about his new version of Turgenev's play, Three Days in the Country. Chaired by Rachel Cooke. #ThreeDaysintheCountry http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/three-days-in-the-country
The director talks about his new version of Turgenev's play, Three Days in the Country. Chaired by Rachel Cooke. #ThreeDaysintheCountry http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/three-days-in-the-country
Amma Asante's film Belle depicts an illegitimate mixed-race girl brought up in eighteenth-century London in Kenwood House, the household of Lord Mansfield. Director Amma Asante and Dr Kit Davies talk to Matthew Sweet about the issues raised in the film. Writer Rosamund Bartlett has a first night review of Brian Friel's stage version of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons which opens at London's Donmar Warehouse tonight. There's the first column from the 2014 Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers: Tom Charlton brings those who would question the value of a research library to book. Plus Andrew Pendleton and Ryan Bourne discuss whether a globalised economy an environmental problem or a solution.
Titre : Nouvelles moscovites (4e éd.) / J. Tourguéneff Auteur : Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevič (1818-1883) Éditeur : J. Hetzel (Paris) Date d'édition : 1880 Contributeur : Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870). Traducteur Format : 1 vol. (336 p.) ; in-18 Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Littérature et art, 8-Y2-11163
Lecture on Alexander Herzen, philosopher and founder of Russia’s first free press. He discusses Herzen’s passionate belief in individual liberty and his distaste for the new violent radicalism in Russia in his time.
Isaiah Berlin introduces and reads his translation of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev's short story, 'A Fire at Sea' in which Turgenev recounts an embarrassing episode from his youth. Originally broadcast by the BBC's Third Programme in 1957.
03.09.1883: Iwan Turgenev gehört zu den großen Schriftstellern Russlands. Neben dem Roman "Väter und Söhne" machten ihn vor allem seine Novellen berühmt. Turgenev plädierte für Reform und Fortschritt, hatte aber kein Interesse an ideologischen Grabenkämpfen und einseitigen Verurteilungen, die seiner tragischen Weltsicht und seiner Einsicht in die Natur des Menschen nicht gerecht wurden ...
Gerard smells the smell of fear. Stetson introduces something new.The 87 Club Roster:The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole FranceHitler's Army by Omer BartovBest Russian Short Stories edited by Thomas Setzer (The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev)Mountain of Fame by John E. Wills, Jr.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the 19th century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.The Russian novel has been acclaimed as one of the outstanding genres of literature alongside Greek Tragedy, Shakespeare's Plays and Romantic Poetry. Its heyday was the mid-19th century, and its practitioners gave expression to the compelling moral and social questions of their day - and arguably of the modern era. These men of genius included Dostoevsky, Gogol and Turgenev, but perhaps the greatest of them all was Tolstoy, author of the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy took massive subjects and presented them in loving and intricate detail. As Matthew Arnold said, "a work by Tolstoy is not a piece of art but a piece of life". Possessed by an urgent desire to represent real life in his work, and to reject artifice, Tolstoy declared that "The one thing necessary in life as in art is to tell the truth." What did Tolstoy mean by telling the truth? How did he convey these truths to the reader? And why did he, ultimately, give up on literature and concentrate instead on religious and political philosophy? With A N Wilson, Novelist, journalist and biographer of Tolstoy; Catriona Kelly, Reader in Russian, Oxford University; Sarah Hudspith, Lecturer in Russian, University of Leeds.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the 19th century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.The Russian novel has been acclaimed as one of the outstanding genres of literature alongside Greek Tragedy, Shakespeare’s Plays and Romantic Poetry. Its heyday was the mid-19th century, and its practitioners gave expression to the compelling moral and social questions of their day - and arguably of the modern era. These men of genius included Dostoevsky, Gogol and Turgenev, but perhaps the greatest of them all was Tolstoy, author of the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy took massive subjects and presented them in loving and intricate detail. As Matthew Arnold said, "a work by Tolstoy is not a piece of art but a piece of life". Possessed by an urgent desire to represent real life in his work, and to reject artifice, Tolstoy declared that "The one thing necessary in life as in art is to tell the truth." What did Tolstoy mean by telling the truth? How did he convey these truths to the reader? And why did he, ultimately, give up on literature and concentrate instead on religious and political philosophy? With A N Wilson, Novelist, journalist and biographer of Tolstoy; Catriona Kelly, Reader in Russian, Oxford University; Sarah Hudspith, Lecturer in Russian, University of Leeds.
This week, George Saunders discusses his new work, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. He pairs iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, with essays intended for anyone interested in how fiction works. He also discusses why the Russian short story is more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Photo courtesy of George Saunders/ Random House
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