It’s worth $2,300 then. Marrgin of Safety, you’ve been dethroned…
In Soviet Russia, abs suck you.
Gentlemen, i ask that you not hijack this post. I believe there are a few others on the topics you wish to discuss.
On a related note, does anyone know other books that perhaps missed my courses growing up that shaped your culture. Igor / KR, what are some mandatory books that you read in the uni or even in high school?
Always hated that book.
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“draw me a sheep”
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“fuck you”
Very popular in German schools: a lot from Franz Kafka, Bert Brecht. And I also remember that we had to learn by heart “John Maynard” by Theodor Fontane. But I don´t know if that stuff also exists out of Germany. And I admit that I left school last century…
I went to an engineering university in Russia, so there was no literature courses required. As for high school (and I am a product of a mediocre-middle-of-nowhere-post-SU-chaotic-90s high school) , the literature program was too heavily concentrated in Russian writers. I didn’t realize how much I missed out until I took a world literature class in US college.
As for suggestions… I found that The Master and Margarita, a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, is surprisingly very little known in US. Highly recommend!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita
Also, check out (if you haven’t already) short stories by Anton Chekhov and poems by Sergei Yesenin.
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtrYO-Mog60]
Another question - how many of you have seen this video while growing up?