Sometimes I need to remind myself that while I despise the Russian govt, I have no beef with the Russian people.
Growing up in the small town of Jos, Nigeria, I devoured Russian literature - Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Pushkin, Chekhov and the likes. I loved it.
But those dudes were all from the 19th century. With the exception of Nabokov, I don't think I know any contemporary Russian authors.
Is the culture dead, or am I just out of the loop?
#literature
David Njoku /
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2025-02-16 21:23:23
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