Spaceba – Nibbling On Russian
So what about this whole thing on foreign novels? I mean, aren’t most of the classics written in a language other than English? No one, bar no one, is more grateful for translations than I am. Without them, we wouldn’t have much of the greatest literature available to us. But wouldn’t it be fun to read a book in the original tongue?
I once spoke Russian. I learned in high school and of course since that was a million years ago and I have since lost all of my stone tablets the lessons were chiseled into, I have forgotten it. I don’t exactly live somewhere where you hear the language. And if you don’t use it, you do lose it.
BUT, you can get it back!! I found a great podcast that is going to do just that for me. And I have every intention of reading some Russian literature. My long term goal? Why, War and Peace, of course!!
A Spoonful of Russian – One Bite at a Time
Technorati Tags: russian, russian language, War and Peace, war & peace, learning a language, russian literature, podcasts
Comments Off