Showing posts with label Ivan Goncharov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ivan Goncharov. Show all posts
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Daily Dose
An Ordinary Story, by Ivan GoncharovNOT MUCH MORE
"Within him his soul was as untended and empty as a neglected garden. Not much more was needed to make it a total wilderness. A few months more -- and farewell! But here's what happened."
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Daily Dose
From Essays, by Thomas MannIVAN GONCHAROV
"Ivan Goncharov was once on the high seas during a violent storm. The captain had him fetched from his cabin to behold it: Goncharov was a writer, he said, the storm was magnificent, he ought not to miss it. The author of Oblomov came on deck, looked about him, and said: 'Yes, it's a nuisance, isn't it?' And went below again."
From Voyage with Don Quixote
Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter
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