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Wow! He's a great writer. For once they gave this prise to someone who deserved it. :)
I read a few books by him a long time ago, and I remember that I was very impressed by "The Green House".

There's nothing wrong with not liking a book, even a classic one. Especially when the subject is rather controversal. :roll: I believe the language could not make an impression, because the words you...

That's really funny, because I read it when I was about 15 too, BUT because it was in our school reading list. :lol:
I even had to retell in front of the class the story of Humbert and Lolita's...

Классика жанра. :lol:

А мы еще такие стишки Маяковского в школе проходили (это оригинал :D):

Лошадь сказала, взглянув на верблюда:
"Какая гигантская лошадь-ублюдок".
Верблюд же вскричал:...

I personally love some of Mayakovsky's poems. He was a hooligan, an experimentalist. He was untamed and passionate about what he was doing, and you literally can see his time in his poetry. Even his...

I didn't like it either. Especially "tarts" instead of... what stands in the original. :mosking:[/quote]
Yeah, I agree. I didn't like many things about it either. :o
But it's the only translation...

Hey, I'm a bit late, but if anyone is interested in Mayakovsky, you can listen to one of his famous poems "Вам" (1915):

http://audiotheater.indeep.ru/sound/mayak.mp3 (2,3 Mb)

The quality is...