good foreign books?

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 8:48 pm

Hey guys, i need a good novel that has an author that is NOT american/british..

Any good ones around the 200-300 page area?? thanks guys.

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:43 pm

what kind my boyfriend is russian and reads alot of russian books

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:46 pm

just any kind written by a foreign author.. i guess it has to be english (the language)

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:59 pm

we will be getting you classic, mystery and sci fi
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
and Crime and Punishment--Dostoyevsky

http://www.rusf.ru/english/

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:02 pm

Originally posted by Annalysa
we will be getting you classic, mystery and sci fi
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
and Crime and Punishment--Dostoyevsky

http://www.rusf.ru/english/

what are they about? searching the library right now..

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:04 pm

the sci fi ones look cool but your gonna have to find translator he is looking for more in english.
give him a few minutes.

Crime and punishment and war in peace are what you would read in advanced english in high school i cant remember been 18 19 years and probalbye a million books will have more links soon

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:08 pm

http://www.bartleby.com/318/12.html theres crime and punishment and a bunch of other classics.

Heres is a beautiful site translates stuff for you
http://www.translate.ru/eng/

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:08 pm

crime and punishment looks cool... might wanna grab that.. but for some reason the library search engine is screwed up.. its saying that the books are due at a certain date.. but that date had LONG been gone.

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:11 pm

Originally posted by Annalysa
http://www.bartleby.com/318/12.html theres crime and punishment and a bunch of other classics.

Heres is a beautiful site translates stuff for you
http://www.translate.ru/eng/

jeez.. that first link is crazy! the whole book eh? hehe.. thanks for the links.. i just hope that the library got this..

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:12 pm

I have been reading crime and punishment for a long time at work lol

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:18 pm

Originally posted by Annalysa
I have been reading crime and punishment for a long time at work lol

lol..
just looked at the pages, pretty long book, hope my teacher cuts me some slack

another question, is tolkien british?

Ahren · Post by **Ahren** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:26 pm

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol.
I read this a loooong time ago. Very good Stories.

Perfume by Patrick Suskind. Again, good book.

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:35 pm

http://rusf.ru/lukian/english/book/labeng.zip

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:35 pm

Dante's The Divine Comedy (all three parts!)

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:36 pm

Originally posted by vegeto

another question, is tolkien british?

yes

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:38 pm

Karma Sutra, the ORAL report would be a riot.

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:40 pm

karma sutra? Is that the one that says if you bite, you'll probably be bitten back?

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:41 pm

Sue me eh? So I'm not up on my ancient sex manual names. Sounded good anyways.

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:46 pm

Originally posted by brembo
Sue me eh? So I'm not up on my ancient sex manual names. Sounded good anyways.

you make so few mistakes I thought I would point this one out because the karma meaning made it sound cool....or at least thoguht I could make a funny from it

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:50 pm

Originally posted by Noevo
yes

http://www.12travel.com/uk/heart_of_eng ... lkein.html

actually, he was born in south africa.. that might count as foreign..

either i read the fellowship, or crime and punishment.. thanks guys.

IranianHobo · Post by **IranianHobo** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:33 pm

If you're still looking The Castle by Franz Kafka was a good read.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:55 am

All I can say is Das Boot, a most excelent read. It's about german submariners during the second world war.

Mehmet · Post by **Mehmet** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:26 am

Originally posted by agentbeast
All I can say is Das Boot, a most excelent read. It's about german submariners during the second world war.

watched this in German class, the german version

was a great movie