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| blauwevos Newbie France Joined 3698 days ago 7 posts - 12 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 5 19 October 2014 at 8:11pm | IP Logged |
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I'm looking for good Russian novels that I could comfortably read at my level (my main goal for now is extensive reading). I'm open to any kind of genre, as long as the story is really engaging, so I'm always motivated to keep reading and find out what happens next. Adult or young adult books are okay, but I don't much like children's books.
To give you an idea of my current reading level: I'm reading the Russian translation of "The Hunger Games" right now, never having read it in English or any other language before, and I can follow the story just fine without a dictionary. For the chapters I'm reading intensively (i.e. looking up every unknown word), I look up about seven words a page on average. Any page-turners (plot and/or character-driven) that you'd recommend? Edited by blauwevos on 19 October 2014 at 8:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6912 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 5 19 October 2014 at 11:04pm | IP Logged |
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Have you read anything by Dan Brown? I know that the four books about Robert Langdon have been translated into Russian.
Ангелы и демоны (Angels & Demons) Код да Винчи (The Da Vinci Code) Утраченный символ (The Lost Symbol) Инферно (Inferno) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Longinus Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4880 days ago 26 posts - 53 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Polish, Macedonian | Message 3 of 5 21 October 2014 at 3:54pm | IP Logged |
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In English, the Dan Brown books are rather lurid and poorly-written, which is a shame,
since the underlying ideas would make for a fun read. I have some of the Russian translations, and while still lurid, of course, the Russian translator's version is actually better written. So perhaps worth a try, and of course you can find audio versions also. Not good for L-R, though, since in fixing Dan Brown's bad writing, the translations are not very literal. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| chokofingrz Pentaglot Senior Member England Joined 5192 days ago 241 posts - 430 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Japanese, Catalan, Luxembourgish | Message 4 of 5 21 October 2014 at 5:47pm | IP Logged |
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Have you heard of Boris Akunin? He's become quite famous in Russia for a popular series of historical detective novels. I have the first one in English, it's a fun read. However, I have no idea how challenging it would be to read in Russian compared to The Hunger Games. For some reason, many of his books can be read for free on akunin.ru. Check it out with the first chapter of Азазель.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5169 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 5 of 5 23 October 2014 at 8:22pm | IP Logged |
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I'm reading Divergent in Russian, I find it easier to follow than even my previous attempt (Agatha Christie). I don't understand the Russian yet and rely mostly on the translation, but this time I'm retaining more from the Russian.
I also plan to read Douglas Adams' books, but they may be slightly harder. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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