Just started reading this. What am I in for?
>>25263034Overrated and quite mediocre Byronian antihero slop.
>>25263034One of the greatest novels of all time. I like this translation (Randall), but my favorite is still Foote, which I don't think is in print anymore. Nabokov and Slater are good too.
>>25263034Somewhat amusing airport literature
wonderful ciscaucasian imagery
>“A wretched people!” I said to the staff captain, pointing to our dirty hosts, who were looking at us silently, sort of dumbfounded. “Such dim-witted folk!” he replied. “Can you believe it? They can’t do anything, aren’t capable of any kind of learning!