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I'm surprised to hear that because Nabokov is famous with his brilliant language in his prose (I don't like his poetry though). Probably he was great in prose only when he wrote in Russian. However,...

He was her husband, by the way. :-)

I love Gumilev, too.

Hmm... It's a bit strange to hear. :) This novell is written in quite a dry, non-artistic language. Of course, the translation must have been done in a better English. :) I read it long ago, and all...

Did you like anything? :D


Strugatsky brothers
Mikhail Bulgakov

I didn't like it either. Especially "tarts" instead of... what stands in the original. :mosking:

Hmm.... What a strange statement. :) It's too oversimplified, at least. To me, "Majakovski" and "had to adapt" sound incompatible together. Probably politics was the last thing that interested him in...

Did you read it in Russian or in translation? I'm asking because it's impossible to like/understand poetry in translation, and especially such poetry like Majakovsky's. Even if you read his poems in...