Suggestion

[lara86.livejournal.com]

If I’m not wrong, the ruling language of the community is English. Just a question.

Could you suggest me an easy (according to you) Russian work of literature to start reading in Russian?

Comments

[dekarmi.livejournal.com]

"Kolobok"
or.. no, "Ryepka"

[pigmeich.livejournal.com]

What kind of literature: children books, modern popular detective stories, or something classical and simple in form like Pushkin?

> If I’m not wrong, the ruling language of the community is English.
That's right.

[lara86.livejournal.com]

I've already got children books (fairy tales, let's say, of Pushkin, too).
I was thinking about some modern popular, like you said, EASY detective stories
:)

[pigmeich.livejournal.com]

Then look for Александра Маринина, Дарья Донцова and Татьяна Устинова.

[lara86.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[oryx_and_crake]

I second that. (Dontsova's literary style is not that good, but probably should be easy to understand for a beginner. The other two are OK.)

[icamel.livejournal.com]

Did you ever read any russian book in English?

Or I think you could find your favorite English book translated to Russian.

[lara86.livejournal.com]

Nope.
I'm interested in Russian literature and would like to start reading in Russian (I'm Italian and studying Russian at university :)

[surkova.livejournal.com]

It might help: http://www.ruslania.com/language-2/entity-1/context-97/category-71.html
There are several adopted texts ;)

[asklepij.livejournal.com]

Sergei Dovlatov (http://sergeidovlatov.com/litera.html). Seems to be not that difficult, yet interesting.

[oryx_and_crake]

It's very difficult for a beginner, mostly because of its rich cultural and historic context that is crucial for understanding most of the texts.

[barbarisotschka.livejournal.com]

Chekhov is quite easy to understand.

[oryx_and_crake]

Some of his stories, maybe; but don't forget that he lived and wrote a century ago. Many of words and constructions he used are still understood by native speakers who are aware of the historical context, but are completely obscure to a foreigner. We had a discussion of a very simple story ("Grisha") here a while ago, unfortunately I cannot find the link now, and I was amazed by how many things that we would not think twice about are unintelligible for a language learner.

[klimber-ple.livejournal.com]

Isn't Веллер or let alone Тургенев a bit too difficult to begin reading?
I'd say that yes, low-brow detective stories are the best choice )

[eto-sudjba.livejournal.com]

if you study russian, you may read "Ася" Тургенева. It is the first book my friend from China read. From contemporary authors it can be Веллер)

[mideia.livejournal.com]

That's exacltly what I was thinking too! It's a very nice book event though I haven't finish it yet. I borrowed it from the university's library and I had to return it. I recommend this edition which has glossary with all the tricky parts at each page:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=869554104&searchurl=isbn%3D0844242284
(I couldn't find it anywhere else apart from that website.)

[lara86.livejournal.com]

Thak you all for your suggestions!
I'll consider them all and then choose :)

[j-air.livejournal.com]

Russian fairy-tales

[priapic-saint.livejournal.com]

Hmm, seems like Веллер is much easier to read than I thought.

a bit off the field

[surasure.livejournal.com]

oh, i'd suggtest russian translation of kurt vonnegut which was awesome ))

or naiv.super

or, something funny and easy like this http://www.litportal.ru/genre39/author332/book2186.html

yes, these are all translations, but i love them in russian very much

[bellatime.livejournal.com]

Ciao!
Don't think that it's a good idea to read russian classic or literature, even if Marinina and Dontsova use the modern russian language. There is a big defference between books (especially the old ones)and speaking. It's the same with your language :)
Can you find some "easy reading" in russian? http://www.amazon.com/First-Reader-Russian-Language/dp/0844242810
It's much much better.
PS. I study italian during some month. If you need some help bee free to ask. Would you like to practise russian/italian?