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philoSophie
philoSophie rated it 9 years ago
A play that centers around the children of the sun, the privileged human beings that stubbornly refuse to see past their selfishness at what is happening around them, drowned in the safety of their bourgeois class. By not dealing with anything of altruistic character but their personal needs and fee...
so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it 11 years ago
Obviously didactic, considering the who, where and when of its writing, so I can't fault it for the politics, even if the revolution went so horrifically pear-shaped in the end.A public domain version on my nook (fie on Kindle) has been my reading on the exercise bike for a protracted time now and I...
AmySea
AmySea rated it 11 years ago
As is common in a lot of Russian literature, there is not a whole lot of light or happiness in Life of a Useless Man. There is a lot of despair, suffering, personal and social upheaval and catastrophe, and tragic, violent death. It's a lovely example of tragic Russian literature, and what can I sa...
Maven Books
Maven Books rated it 11 years ago
I didn't really like the overly simplistic style. It felt like a Dick and Jane book about socialism.
A little tea, a little chat
A little tea, a little chat rated it 12 years ago
Gorky? Amazon? Methinks not. http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/children-of-the-sun-maxim-gorky/
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37129
Elham
Elham rated it 12 years ago
ماکسیم گورکی در زمانی که نویسنده معروف و جوانی است شبی با مردی هم صحبت می شود که ابتدا از شیوه حرف زدنش می رنجد و وحشت می کند.... ولی در نهایت این تصویر خودش است که از آن وحشت زده می شود...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
Mother (1926)Vera Baranovskaya ... Niovna-Vlasova, the MotherNikolai Batalov ... Pavel Vlasov - the SonAleksandr Chistyakov ... Vlasov - the FatherAnna Zemtsova ... Anna - a Revolutionary GirlThe Film Version Of Gorki's Great Story Of The 1905 Revolution: http://youtu.be/aZy3qO3bdy8The Black Hundr...
rola1212
rola1212 rated it 13 years ago
للقصة الأصلية أربعة نجومو للترجمة ثلاث فقط إن إردت قراءة هذا العمل , فالأفضل قراءة هذه النسخة www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493339فترجمتها أفضل :)
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 14 years ago
NO SPOILERS!!!Magnificent writing!:I loved listening to those kind words and watching the red and gold fire flickering in the stove and milky white clouds of steam rising over the vats, leaving a dove coloured crust; like hoar frost, on the sloping rafters of the roof , where jagged chinks let throu...
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