Prince Andrei Bolonsky (2) v. Pierre Bazukhov (7) Oh, Russian literature. What most Americans know about War and Peace is that the book is really big, and if you’ve ever cracked it open, the names are horribly long. Russian is not easy to translate, which may be why so few Americans even attempt to read … Continue reading
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The Literary Boyfriend Bracket
As I round out April, I have to admit a serious ambivalence to the month that has passed. I blame some of this on the weather (which is dumb, I know) and much of the rest on a mixed bag of news and no news (pitching a book is a lot of sitting around and … Continue reading