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PS i'd also like the say that there's no other style like the russian one. it's powerful, quite reflects the humor of siberia.absorbing and makes one wants to just get the reading done, see what happened. russian lit is real to the point of sheer austerity!!! i think it created, by itself a new form of tone or atmosphere in literature. i enjoyed Chekov, Tolstoy, dostoe, rand. they're powerful writers with a unique, semi-mathematical culture embedded in there tone in writing.

i terribly enjoyed crime and punishment. the suspense going on within raskolnikov and the confusing shift between his mind and reality was quite interesting and quite absorbing i'd say. although i won't say that he's a good person, raskolnikov and crime and punishment as a whole is an essential twist in the development of "the brothers Karamazov", which is an even better novel. ^^ read the history of Dostoe and i think you'd come to like crime and punishment. ^^

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yes, i admire subtlety in literature because it's quite a wonderful thing to see writing, with its points emphasized implicitly through the tone of the story, through certain actions of characters and through certain words used. many writers lately have become quite subtle in their presentation of stories and thoughts, that's there's a certain excitement for me to just see how they'd write whatever topic they have in mind. Subtlety for me, is like looking at a REnoir or Monet or even a rembrandt. and subtlety in writing seems to be difficult, it requires excellent characterization, distinct and constant tone.

i don't know if this is in any way related to Objectivism and Ayn Rand, but here's a good book i'd want to share: Interpreter of Maladies" by Lahiri. (that's her family name, can't quite remember the first name) she has this talent in making something mundane, not quite mundane. her style gives the effect of an emphasized reality set heavily in monochrome. that somehow, the characters come to life and becomes significant in their own way, only if it is just to themselves and not to the world in general. her writing breathes a hopeful resignation and a faint contentment of an ordinary life. it felt like like listening to the end credits of the movie 'finding neverland.

beethoven's 9th chopin's nocturnes (most everything), also fantasie impromptu debussy--reverie and claire de lune habridas overture (something like that) beethoven's 5th vivaldi 4seasons

i love debussy and chopin. Rondo VEneziano. i like Dido, jazz---- retinour, benoit, noel pointer, stanley clark and dave grusin. some of santana and a bit of trance also, i like receiving music. here's my email add if you want to send me some: [email protected] tnx.

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the curious incident of the dead dog in the night time, by mark hadden count of monte cristo by dumas

ronso veneziano symphony number 9 beethoven chopin - fantasie impromptu debussy claire de lune/ reverie