Comments on: Post-Stalinist Dirty Laundry (Part 1)

By: michael

michael — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:45:57 +0000

I’m not sure if you’re a spambot because of the link but if not see the comments to part 3 of this series.

By: rus_21

rus_21 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:26:36 +0000

could you tell me whether i can read the book “the noose and the stone in the green grass” online? i`ve been searching for it – it isn`t anywhere…

By: Post-Stalinist Dirty Laundry (Part 3) -- a Nadder!

Post-Stalinist Dirty Laundry (Part 3) -- a Nadder! — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:58:07 +0000

[...] super-long review of The Noose and the Stone in the Green Grass, no? So here’s the last part (part 1 here, part 2 here), dealing with outcasts and [...]

By: Post-Stalinist Dirty Laundry (Part 2) -- a Nadder!

Post-Stalinist Dirty Laundry (Part 2) -- a Nadder! — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:31:51 +0000

[...] The Noose and the Stone in the Green Grass has a lot more to tell us about the Soviet Union in the 70s so onto business with Part 2. Here’s Part 1. [...]

By: michael

michael — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:20:56 +0000

I read Master and Margarita as an early teenager so I probably missed 3/4 of the allusions — but he is quite esoteric anyway. It’s something I might have to read again in a few years.

By: Takis Konstantopoulos

Takis Konstantopoulos — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:04:53 +0000

Indeed, this sounds very interesting.

I have a question: What do you think of Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita? Although more subtle, it appears to have been published in Soviet Union, isn’t that so? I have met ex-soviets who do praise the book even though they themselves still remember soviet times with nostalgia and would, perhaps, rather return to them. Nevertheless, they also like Master and Margarita.

To be honest, when I first read the book I didn’t understand much. I then saw it in a play and then read it again.

By: BarnStormer

BarnStormer — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:24:05 +0000

Wow- This is very interesting.

I can’t wait for the next installment (seems like an intriguing story.)