>>>>"Sobachje serdce"? ":)
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>>>Wow... it's been years since I read that... and I can't remember a thing except the book's cover. I remember "Maestro and Margarita" much more vividly, probably because of the movie (Yugoslav made, at that).
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>>>But this has triggered a nice memory - of "Journey of dilettantes" (Bulat O[unspellable]). That sounded like a lyrical version of something Dostoyevsky might have written had he ever had such a long streak of lyrical moods.
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>>What a bum. Couldn't write a lick.
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>Damn English. I thouhgt "damn, bummer, I couldn't write a lick"... then later I understood that you meant "he couldn't". Declensions and conjugations and word forms weren't such a bad idea, though, too bad the majority of Britons disagreed..

I thought you were giving the back of your hand to Dostoyevsky. Since he is one of my favorites, I said something sarcastic in response. No big deal. There are many different literary tastes here and I am not vain enough to think mine is universal.