tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post7739488411567669992..comments2024-03-28T00:47:44.556+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Twenty-Six and One" by Maxim GorkyMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-87420048770441446632014-06-11T07:39:30.470+08:002014-06-11T07:39:30.470+08:00George Spinos- thanks for comment a visit. All e...George Spinos- thanks for comment a visit. All evidence I found online indicated he was Stalin's bet for a long time. Many pictures of him with Stalin, etc Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-37554919207533459292014-06-11T03:28:35.784+08:002014-06-11T03:28:35.784+08:00I find this post after many a year, and I cannot h...I find this post after many a year, and I cannot help but protest to your description of Gorky as Stalin's "pet" writer. Gorky was consistently at odds with the new Soviet authorities and could, by any stretch of imagination, be qualified as anyone's "pet" writer.George T. Siposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218627832530486705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-77342584369870714872011-12-17T23:10:24.880+08:002011-12-17T23:10:24.880+08:00Good morning Mel,
Just stopping by again to let y...Good morning Mel,<br /><br />Just stopping by again to let you know that I read "Twenty-six and One" along with my coffee and breakfast at the local Panera Bread this morning. (I thought it would only be appropriate to read this story at a "bakery" :-) )<br /><br />Anyway, I really liked it and, like Oliver Twist, want some more...<br /><br />-JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-18555869979175769462011-12-17T20:00:14.758+08:002011-12-17T20:00:14.758+08:00Kinna-I hope you will let us know what you think o...Kinna-I hope you will let us know what you think of the stories-thanks very much for your comment and visitMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-73811342129232387342011-12-17T17:58:17.560+08:002011-12-17T17:58:17.560+08:00Though I'm very much aware of Gorky I have not...Though I'm very much aware of Gorky I have not read anything of his. So thanks for the review and for the link.Kinnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10742288622028307018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-47412070741297053262011-12-16T07:48:53.504+08:002011-12-16T07:48:53.504+08:00bibliophilica-I am really glad I have now "di...bibliophilica-I am really glad I have now "discovered" Gorky-the great thing is you can read one of his stories in just a few minutes to see if you like his work-I have now found sources for a lot more of his short stories and will be reading a number more<br /><br />HKatz-I think I was also put off from reading Gorky for years for the same reason-his status as the "pet writer" of Stalin-it almost as if Hitler had a favorite writer who he required all to read-that would be a heavy label to overcomeMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-5029570473889707842011-12-16T00:16:29.550+08:002011-12-16T00:16:29.550+08:00I haven't read Gorky either, and I admit it...I haven't read Gorky either, and I admit it's largely because of his status as Stalin's "pet." But I think I'll give him a try at some point, if nothing else but to broaden my perspective. I like how you describe the fact that he doesn't romanticize poverty; that's important at least.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-68773026101753950572011-12-15T20:29:07.031+08:002011-12-15T20:29:07.031+08:00I've read a lot of the Russian writers, but la...I've read a lot of the Russian writers, but lack of any Gorky is a serious "cultural literacy foul" on my part.<br /><br />The story you featured sounds wonderful and I will add it to my list for my personal 2012 Short Story Reading project.<br /><br />-JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-63251308629699832492011-12-15T18:06:40.597+08:002011-12-15T18:06:40.597+08:00Che-thanks for the information on Mother and My Ch...Che-thanks for the information on Mother and My Childhood-I was able to find 15 more of his short stories online today-I will probably read through them in the 1st quater of 2012 then ponder more reads-I will be very happy for you to join in Irish Short Story Week Year Two<br /><br />On Dickens-there is already a blog that will have a 6 week once a week Dickens day starting in Jan and ending on Dickens 200 Day-I will join in that-I have now begun rereading A Tale of Two Cities, then Great Expectations, the Bleak House then Hardtimes-I will for sure do a Dickens 200 day post but plan no event-I really hope a lot of book bloggers will post on Dickens for Dickens 200 day-I am open to a joint event if you have ideasMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-74471140280393355852011-12-15T15:46:48.074+08:002011-12-15T15:46:48.074+08:00I've read Gorky's Mother and My Childhood ...I've read Gorky's Mother and My Childhood and loved them. Especially Mother. In it you will find female characters who are much more evolved and its not just about their looks. The characters of the many women revolutionaries is surprisingly ahead of its times. Not to mention the mother herself who is so interestingly drawn.<br /><br />Sorry to go off topic but do you plan on doing the dickens event u once mentioned? when is it to be? I'd like to take part and i'm making a reading list for 2012. Definitely plan to be a part of Irish short story week too.CHEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634088152624853449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-56412661441638562452011-12-14T12:52:49.429+08:002011-12-14T12:52:49.429+08:00Prashant C. Trikannad-thanks for your comment-you ...Prashant C. Trikannad-thanks for your comment-you are so right about it being so wonderful to have 1000s and 1000s of literary works of all sorts just a free click away-I admit really very much so for people like me who live where there are basically no public libraries-the internet opens up so much to usMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-18483418845509109452011-12-14T12:43:03.082+08:002011-12-14T12:43:03.082+08:00"If ever there was a writer who spoke for tho..."If ever there was a writer who spoke for those without a voice, Gorky is it" is a fine line. True, he wrote mainly for, and about, social outcasts in his time. I read Gorky in school and college over two decades ago and, frankly, remember very little what I read then. It's heartening to know that we can have so many marvellous short stories at the click of a mouse.Prashant C. 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