i had a lecture yesterday on the supposedly great russian think lev shestov. i understood NOTHING. furthermore i somehow managed to pass the Russian state exam for post-grads in the subject of 20th century russian thought without ever hearing of this guy. i might add i got a 5 on the exam, which is the highest mark....so i find it a bit confusing that here i was sitting in london, unable to follow a lecture about a russian guy that my classmates (british, american and filipina) all seemed to get....and how was it that i hadnt read it before the professor wondered in surprise?
after the lecture, still confused, i met igor for coffee. i soon felt better as it emerged that he had got through aspirantura without hearing of the guy either! so we reached the conclusion that this was one of those russians-for-the-west.....that is the only explanation i can think of...
i gave igor my copy of день счастья завтра, i realise that he would never stoop to reading such female junk at home, but sometimes one misses reading russian...
afterwards i went to the library, where i couldnt find what i was looking for, so i ended up doing romanian homework instead. then i met gabor and we went for food....and gossip of course....
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