Jim Naseum Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 The six part mini series is running on a couple tv networks currently. It's really very good. Although much of the interior passion and mental life of the book is necessarily impossible to put in a short series, it still manages to hew very close to the storyline of the "greatest novel ever written." I can't say the acting is up to say, "Downtown Abbey," but it's not too far behind. Check it out. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I started reading it. I have to say Tolstoy sucks compared to Dostoevsky. Newsflash. Moby Dick is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 I started reading it. I have to say Tolstoy sucks compared to Dostoevsky. Newsflash. Moby Dick is better. What? Heresy! There is no one who has ever equaled Tolstoy for the depth of his human understanding. Because, not only is there W&P on his resume, but there is also, "Anna Karenina", which I thought was actually better, deeper if not wider, than W&P, although most reverse that order. Either way, no one has ever written two masterpieces of that scale. And, I am a huge fan of Dostoevsky. I have also raved for ever about, "Moby Dick," and have insisted my friends read it forever now. Anyone I know who has questions about life, I always tell them to read, "Brothers Karamazov." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Yes. I am a heretic. Burn me at the stake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Did you know the original title of War and Peace was “War What Is It Good For?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Everyone knows that Stew. The real point is that I am right and 5674 is wrong. Tolstoy is the most over-rated author of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Not only that, but Faulkner and Hemmingway could have drunk Tolstoy under the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Everyone knows that Stew. The real point is that I am right and 5674 is wrong. Tolstoy is the most over-rated author of all time. Ha ha What's the critique? What is his fault? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Moreso than Jim Davis? Garfield was not believable. Everyone knows a cat can’t break the fourth wall. Edited February 2, 2016 by BigStewMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted February 2, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2016 Did you know the original title of War and Peace was “War What Is It Good For?" Nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 absolutely nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted February 2, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2016 The six part mini series is running on a couple tv networks currently. It's really very good. Although much of the interior passion and mental life of the book is necessarily impossible to put in a short series, it still manages to hew very close to the storyline of the "greatest novel ever written." I can't say the acting is up to say, "Downtown Abbey," but it's not too far behind. Check it out. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Do you recalk the networks? I hope it is a network I get on my cable and you can on demand so I can catch up. Almost 40 years since I read it. Would line to take the easy route this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Besides the incessant social claptrap reminiscent of English soap operas, there is also a writing style which seems designed to incite a desire to inflict a Stephen King misery effect. Other than that, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Besides the incessant social claptrap reminiscent of English soap operas, there is also a writing style which seems designed to incite a desire to inflict a Stephen King misery effect. Other than that, no problem. Yes, the setting is the aristocracy. But that is simply a context for the characters to play out the enormous range and subtlety of human emotion and behavior. What greater anti-war sentiment do you find in literature? What greater love story do you know of that surpasses "Anna Karenina?" As to linguistic style, there is of course always the problem of translating Russian. Some are much better than others. I recently read the Pevear translation and it is far better than what I read 20 years back. You almost forget that the native language is not English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Yet Dostoevsky doesn't seem so sensitive to translation. Fascinating. Tolstoy just needs the right interpreter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Catch 22? Trinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Tale of Two Cities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Catch 22? Trinity? Catch 22 doesn't feel as richly passionate and spiritual as WPs anti war sentiment.Trinity I don't know, so no comment. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 It's a love story wrapped in the Irish rebellion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I remember war. And I remember Eleanor. And I----prefer war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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