http://www.transparent.com/russian/%c2%ab%d0%94%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8d%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%a8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b4%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%ba%c2%bb-%e2%80%93-lyudmila-ulitskaya%e2%80%99s-last-novel/ Language and Culture of the Russian-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.transparent.com/russian/%c2%ab%d0%94%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8d%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%a8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b4%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%ba%c2%bb-%e2%80%93-lyudmila-ulitskaya%e2%80%99s-last-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Olga Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/%c2%ab%d0%94%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8d%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%a8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b4%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%ba%c2%bb-%e2%80%93-lyudmila-ulitskaya%e2%80%99s-last-novel/#comment-93 just did. just did.

]]> http://www.transparent.com/russian/%c2%ab%d0%94%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8d%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%a8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b4%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%ba%c2%bb-%e2%80%93-lyudmila-ulitskaya%e2%80%99s-last-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Olga Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:36:20 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/%c2%ab%d0%94%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8d%d0%bb%d1%8c-%d0%a8%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b4%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%ba%c2%bb-%e2%80%93-lyudmila-ulitskaya%e2%80%99s-last-novel/#comment-92 well-written. too bad she keeps using the same names in all her books; certain ones for the good guys, certain ones for the bad. it's too easy to follow such a scheme. interestingly enough, at first glance it may appear overly "pro-christian" - everyone ends up baptized, and the ones who do not are implied in the death of the protagonist, in other words, hatefully non-christian. why is it that in order to be a loving and forgiving human being one must be necessarily christian? in fact, the book's aim seems to be the idea of universal love. if love is universal, it is by definition non-denominational. fairly decent use of russian language, in spite of constant americanisms. well-written. too bad she keeps using the same names in all her books; certain ones for the good guys, certain ones for the bad. it’s too easy to follow such a scheme. interestingly enough, at first glance it may appear overly “pro-christian” – everyone ends up baptized, and the ones who do not are implied in the death of the protagonist, in other words, hatefully non-christian. why is it that in order to be a loving and forgiving human being one must be necessarily christian? in fact, the book’s aim seems to be the idea of universal love. if love is universal, it is by definition non-denominational. fairly decent use of russian language, in spite of constant americanisms.

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