- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Historical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.
- Bed
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- Nov 07, 2020
A crenelated wall of books encircles my bed, its tottering towers looming ever taller, always on the verge of collapsing onto oblivious sleepers.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read many wonderful novels, though I now find the idea of literary fiction obsolete.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was taught Shakespeare brilliantly by an eccentric genius at Harrow named Jeremy Lemmon who made me want to be a writer.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a passionate nonfinisher. Life is too short, and there are too many great books to read, so if I lose interest or respect, I switch. But when, of course, when you really fall in love with a book, all the others are ignored.
- Khan
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nicholas I has been called 'Genghis Khan with a telegraph.' Stalin was 'Genghis Khan with a telephone.' But Mr. Putin is not Genghis Khan with a BlackBerry.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Russian writers enjoy almost sacred status.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Soviet Union was designed for Muscovite rule, not for division into independent republics. Yet the latter is exactly what happened in 1991 - and the Kremlin has never accepted it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Daddy used to be a Georgian,' Stalin's son, Vasily, once said. Actually, the dictator didn't truly become Russian; he remained Georgian culturally. Yet he embraced the imperial mission of the Russian people.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe it or not, some Western analysts in the 1930s insisted that Stalin was a 'moderate,' controlled by extremists like the secret police chief Nikolai Yezhov.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are few words in Russian for the Western concept of 'law,' but there are legions of words for connections, helping people from one's neck of the woods.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The shameless criminality of Lenin, Stalin, and the Cheka cast a long shadow, but I don't see their kind returning anytime soon.
- Hopeless
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- Nov 07, 2020
A reforming liberal leader in Russia is the Holy Grail of Kremlinology, but the search for one is as misguided and hopeless as that for the relic of the Last Supper.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020