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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Books on Books on FSU women and culture Author Post jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 10:44:34 AM   Neither these books, nor the ones listed above are instruction or "how to" manuals. If anyone thought that I was trying to say that these classics would contain stories of modern day Russian women and how western men should respond to them - then we had a communications error. But there ARE differences in literature - just as there are differences in the temperament of the peoples. Out histories are divergent - Russia, for example HAD no middle ages that compare to those of western Europe - different and seperate things were going on in Russia even then. Western plays and works of nonfiction - almost always have happy endings; they saved the farm; the guy got the girl; they won the campionship. That sort of thing. Russian literature is mostly devoid of happy endings. That might be one of the most striking differences. If you consume a cerain amount of literature anyway - maybe you should include a little Russian literature and open your eyes a little to a culture that is very different from anything you have known, because it has different roots. That's pretty much why I mentioned those books. Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 4:05:54 PM   Nas, come on, don't blame the dog, just be honest - you follow your nose, right? ;-) wtrav02 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 5:05:18 PM   During my first visit to Kiev, we walked around the city and hopped into a couple bookstores because my wife loves books:) It was amazing how many people were browsing and reading books in the middle of the day, ie. literature not home and garden or gossip type publications. It's a hobby for many people there just like Internet and TV is in our world. My wife says she relaxes by reading a good book. On the other hand, I get the worst headache, cannot get concentration, read a paragraph and think of something else, then have to go back and re-read it. I prefer discussion and observation to reading books, but fully agree about the importance of understanding the cultural side of our other half. Annika77 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/3/2005 5:03:45 AM   I would like to recommend one book I really enjoyed recently : Natasha's dance : cultural history of Russia. Figes, Orlando. ISBN 0713995173. And I recommend everything what is written by french writer Henry Troyat about russian history! Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Books on Books on FSU women and culture
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