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Remember that all suffering is made up by your & others' heads ("pain is inevitable, suffering is optional"). Remember that state of serenity on Oct 22-23, 2019 as a truly healthy state. And gently steer yourself into doing 3/3/3+1 with curiosity, self-compassion, mindfulness, the learning-goals approach instead of the performance-goals approach where possible (Er. S.' stuff helps!)

bookmarks:
listography GIVE A GIFT OF MEMORIES
FAVORITE LISTOGRAPHY MENTIONS
IMPORTANT NOTICES
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  • Lermontov
    • A Hero of Our Time (1841), Dec 21
    • (is just several pages) Kavkasets, Dec 21
  • (reread since Sept) Leo Tolstoy - The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Dec 9
  • (tr) Jorge Luis Borges - short stories/novellas from multiple collections (Nov+)
  • (tr) Adolfo Bioy Casares - 3 short stories/novellas (Nov 19, Nov 21): the one about Carmen ("[Wonders don't repead themselves]"), the one where donya Rechina is the protagonist' aunt ("[Youth is attracted by the unknown]"), The Perjury of the Snow/The Snow's Perjury (1944)
  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    • Cancer Ward (1968), Oct 25
    • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), Oct 17
    • Matryona's Home (1965), Oct 17
  • Ostrovsky (plays)
    • Family Picture (1847), somewhere between Oct 9-11?
    • Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man (1868), Oct 3
  • (tr) Gerald Durrell - Rosy is My Relative (1968, UK), Oct 7
  • (REPEATED reread, since Apr) (tr) George Bernard Shaw
    • (tr) Hearbreak House (1919), Sep 27
    • (tr) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1894), Sep 29
  • (reread) Leo Tolstoy - The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Sep 26
  • (tr) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Song of Hiawatha (1855), Jul 9. In Bunin' translation. Compared to the orgiginal and Bunin' version is more intelligent and well-written! He improved Longfello's motivational/wise-advice lines.
  • (reread) Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment (1866), Jun 28. Reread for the 1st time since school (remembered NOTHING!)
  • (reread) (tr) Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838), vol 2, Jun 8. Reread for the 1st time in 14 years.
  • (tr) Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust (1934), May 28
  • Patricia Highsmith - The Price of Salt (in a non-linear way, with some skimming, with rereading), May XX - early June
  • (reread)(tr) Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838), vol 1, May 25. Reread for the 1st time in 14 years.
  • (tr) Voltaire - Candide (1759) , Apr 30?
  • George Bernard Shaw
    • (reread)(tr) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1894), Apr 11
    • (reread)(tr) Hearbreak House (1919), Apr 11
  • (tr) Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions (1973), Mar 7
  • (tr, somewhat condensed) Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels (1726), Feb 26
  • (tr) William Golding - Lord of the Flies (1954), Feb17
  • (tr) Melville - Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853), Feb10 - a really cool thing, although the last lines of it aren't on par with the book.
  • Thomas Hardy
    • (tr) Jude the Obscure (1895), Feb 8
    • (tr) Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire (1872), Jan 31 (funny!)
    • (tr) Far From The Madding Crowd (1874), Jan 25 (it was unexpectedly good!)

Best of:

  • long:
    • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
    • Cancer Ward
  • short and shortish
    • The Death of Ivan Ilyich
    • Mrs. Warren's Profession
    • Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire (bc it was fun!)
    • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
jan 25 2015 ∞
apr 10 2016 +