San Diego

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Here is a selection of pictures from San Diego.

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Russian Short Stories

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 | Book Review | No Comments

Author, Harry Christian Schweikert, provides a collection of short stories that belong to well-known Russian authors such as Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevski, Gogol, Pushkin and etc. The book starts with a short history of story telling and the place of short stories in the Russian Literature. This short introduction sets the stage and puts everything into perspective before reading the stories.

The stories are generally about life and human conditions of low or middle class Russians despite the fact that most of the writers were a member of the upper class. ‘Three Arshins of Land’ is my favorite story in the book due to its simplicity in language and the moral purpose.

This book is free and can be downloaded from Google Books.