My buddy said that the Russians burn all books 'cas they're communist B-Tards ... but I think I remember a Russian Author who did get published in the USA.
2006-07-11 04:20:22 · 6 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
One Russian author who got published in the U.S. is Vladimir Nabokov. Perhaps he has written something similar to what you are looking for, tho' I haven't completed his canon yet.
2006-07-12 19:45:59 · answer #1 · answered by Snickles 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
War and Peace by Leo Tolstory
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternick. This was book was made into a movie by MGM which produced a lot of movies for most of the last century in Hollywood Calfornia U.S.A
These are just two of many authors who are listed on Wikipedia web site. You can find there books in the library. These books and lot of others managed to get published in the west before and after the communist took over Russia.
2006-07-11 22:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by Gail M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most famous modern Russian writer was Boris Pasternak who wrote "Doctor Zhivago". The story takes place during the revolution. A movie was made of the book that was popular.
I remember reading "Doctor Zhivago" back in 1959 when I was a senior in high school.
Of course one of the most famous love stories is "War and Peace" by Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. It is a challenge to read because it is so long but filled with many stories woven together.
You didn't say what language you read but I'm assuming it is English. No, Russians didn't burn books, but the communists did make life difficult for many writers, including Pasternak. Boris was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature but the USSR government prevent him from accepting it. Pasternak mainly supported himself by translating Shakespeare's plays into Russian and writing some beautiful poetry.
2006-07-11 11:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by Alan Turing 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dostoevsky is the most wonderful russian writer: The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, etc.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a master of short stories
2006-07-11 11:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Solveiga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boris Akunin
2006-07-13 11:25:18 · answer #5 · answered by bella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
2006-07-11 11:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by Incognito 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋