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I had a hardback of a soviet childrens book, which had a long story by Sergei Mikhalkhov called "Disobedience Holiday". Now thinking about it, it was as an allegory about the west in the same vein as "Animal Farm" was an allegory about the Soviets. I think this is one of the things many in the third world started to be deprived off, following the Fall, inexpensive but very well made hardbacks printed in the USSR. The…
No mention of the most famous Russian book among Indian high Schoolers: [Problems in General Physics by I E Irodov]( https://www.amazon.com/Problems-General-Physics-I-Irodov/dp/... )?
Still brings back memories
I'm taking a Russian lit class right now and it’s astonishing how much my Indian mother can follow along with my recounting of various plot points from Tolstoy or Dostoevsky. Russian literature is beloved in India
While I think Russian lit is indeed beloved in India, Nabokov is perhaps yet to get his due appreciation, perhaps Solzhenitsyn also.
I absolutely love MIR publishers. My interest in science still exists because of the books they published. here Someone Has uploaded many of the MIR's titles. https://mirtitles.org/category/mir-publishers/
I still have many of these, some gifted by relatives, in my shelves today.
These days, at book fairs and on sites like OLX, certain unscrupulous sellers have taken to selling whatever such Soviet hardbacks they can find at astronomical prices. To be fair to them, it's a supply and demand problem.
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Wow.. wow.. there are others who have read the same things. :) The hydro pneumatic rocket! I tried to find Mir publishers books about 10 years ago. Apparently Mir got bought out and publishing ceased. Another gem is "Fun with maths and physics" by Ya Perelman. It's available in a cheap reprint now, nothing that matches the original Mir publishers book.
I read the Kannada translation of the book "Fun with Physics" back when I was in primary school. Didn't understand large parts of it but that didn't stop me from repeatedly reading the books. As high quality as the content was I absolutely loved the high quality print, glossy and gorgeous paper, and really beautiful and durable hard cover. The illustrations were also of high quality. They also had a very distinct sme…
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While I think Russian lit is indeed beloved in India, Nabokov is perhaps yet to get his due appreciation, perhaps Solzhenitsyn also.
Nabokov, to be fair, left Russia before the age of 18 and I don't believe he ever returned [1]. Lolita, his magnum opus (at least by public opinion), was first written in English. Despite his upbringing, I'm not sure he would be best classified as Russian Lit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
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Nabokov, to be fair, left Russia before the age of 18 and I don't believe he ever returned [1]. Lolita, his magnum opus (at least by public opinion), was first written in English. Despite his upbringing, I'm not sure he would be best classified as Russian Lit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
Nabokov wrote many novels in Russian before he reluctantly switched to English. I prefer them to his later work, which is a bit too gimmicky for me. The earlier novels have that quality too, but it's more in balance with his other gifts. They're absolutely wonderful (edit: and not too long!), and there are good translations.
Any particular recommendations out of those? And does an English version carry the same weight, or does one have to read in Russian to appreciate most of it?