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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4851 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 17 of 33 15 April 2012 at 8:51am | IP Logged |
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Anna Karenina (or "Anna Karenin," as I heard somebody say recently, heheh!) is a good representative of Russian literature.
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| Einarr Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom einarrslanguagelog.w Joined 4413 days ago 118 posts - 269 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian*, French, Russian Studies: Swedish | Message 18 of 33 15 April 2012 at 10:03am | IP Logged |
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As much as I dislike that specific book, probably the Bulgarians' choice would be "Pod igoto" (Under the yoke) by Ivan Vazov. If I have to state a personal preference, then, I'd undoubtedly say "Tiutiun" (Tobacco) by Dimitar Dimov, a magnificent book.
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| gurkan Newbie Sweden Joined 5071 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Swedish* | Message 19 of 33 21 April 2012 at 4:21pm | IP Logged |
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Swedish: Bränt Barn by Stig Dagerman. Im quite biased when it comes to Stig Dagerman. My
favourite Swedish author. Norwegian: Sult by Knut Hamsun. Persian: The poetry of Hafez or Rumi. It´s really hard to decide between them two. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4466 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 20 of 33 07 May 2012 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
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Mandarin Chinese: The Dream of Red Chambers or 紅樓夢, the greatest of the classical novels. Interesting for its characters, symbolism, depiction of traditional life in a great household. And if your Mandarin is good enough, you can actually read it in the original, unlike some of the other classic novels like the Three Kingdoms or the Water Margin, where the language is more like Classical Chinese.
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| Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4757 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish | Message 21 of 33 07 May 2012 at 9:46pm | IP Logged |
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Icelandic: Íslandsklukkan(Icelandic Bells) by Halldór Kiljan Laxness
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| JéB. Newbie Brazil Joined 4377 days ago 3 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English | Message 22 of 33 26 May 2012 at 10:48pm | IP Logged |
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" O cortiço " by Aluisio Azevedo, is the best work of brazilian naturalism and my
favorite book, I recommend. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Sonia.RedStar Bilingual Triglot Newbie Romania Joined 4329 days ago 4 posts - 6 votes Speaks: Romanian*, Hungarian*, EnglishC1 Studies: German, Swedish | Message 23 of 33 04 July 2012 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
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In Romania, the biggest prose writer is considered to be Ion Creanga, who wrote Amintiri din copilarie (Memories from Childhood). But I could also name Marin Preda, Liviu Rebreanu and Ion Luca Caragiale as popular and representative writers.
Also, Victor Hugo and Honore de Balzac definitely need to be mentioned when it comes to French literature. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4628 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 24 of 33 04 July 2012 at 1:52am | IP Logged |
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Would the OP permit us to widen this out into examples (for each language?
English: 1. A dramatic work (e.g. "Hamlet") 2. A poetical work (e.g. "Paradise Lost" by Milton 3. A prose work (e.g. "Gulliver's Travels") by Swift. It seems a pity to ignore the different aspects of literature (and perhaps there are others that could be condidered). 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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