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The BOOK CHALLENGE
H/T Sean Cowen
A book, a paragraph, and your thoughts on G+.
Because I. Don't. Tag. I'm sharing as an open invitation to share your book and Google+ love. Closing comments here so you can add to the stream on the original post.
If you've been on the PLUS for any length of time, you know that some of our favorite posts were always ones with a challenge. Or a dare. Or a post that made you think about your surroundings (or past) and act.
My most successful post over the years asked people to name two things about themselves that most people didn't know. That one is one of my all-time favs here!
https://plus.google.com/+SeanCowen/posts/dGTBdCvPgnf
So - tonight's challenge. Wherever you are, find a book. Any book. Pick it randomly.
1. Tell us what the book is and who the author is.
2. Turn to page 37 and tell us what the SECOND paragraph says.
3. Tell us how you think it applies to our G+ world.
4. Tag TWO BEST FRIENDS and have them play along as well!
It's these random exercises that always produce the most interesting comments, imho.
My Book:
1. From Chekhov To The Revolution: Russian Literature 1900-1917 by Marc Slonim.
2. "In his satires Saltykov resorted to what he called an Aesopic language: his pages were filled with hints, allusions, neologisms, distortions of colloquialisms, Frenchified peasant expressions, and all sorts of verbal tricks, the purpose of which was to make the reader see between the lines and grasp the political meaning of complicated and disguised material.The original, cryptic, and extremely rich style apparently presents an almost insuperable barrier for translators; it may account for the fact that Saltykov, one of the world's great satirists, is scarcely known outside Russia."
3. I'm not sure how well satire will be received in the USA now, but satire has a long tradition in the US, and I, for one, intend to continue that legacy...
Originally shared by Sean Cowen
The BOOK CHALLENGE
If you've been on the PLUS for any length of time, you know that some of our favorite posts were always ones with a challenge. Or a dare. Or a post that made you think about your surroundings (or past) and act.
My most successful post over the years asked people to name two things about themselves that most people didn't know. That one is one of my all-time favs here!
https://plus.google.com/+SeanCowen/posts/dGTBdCvPgnf
So - tonight's challenge. Wherever you are, find a book. Any book. Pick it randomly.
1. Tell us what the book is and who the author is.
2. Turn to page 37 and tell us what the SECOND paragraph says.
3. Tell us how you think it applies to our G+ world.
4. Tag TWO BEST FRIENDS and have them play along as well!
It's these random exercises that always produce the most interesting comments, imho.
My Book:
1. From Chekhov To The Revolution: Russian Literature 1900-1917 by Marc Slonim.
2. "In his satires Saltykov resorted to what he called an Aesopic language: his pages were filled with hints, allusions, neologisms, distortions of colloquialisms, Frenchified peasant expressions, and all sorts of verbal tricks, the purpose of which was to make the reader see between the lines and grasp the political meaning of complicated and disguised material.The original, cryptic, and extremely rich style apparently presents an almost insuperable barrier for translators; it may account for the fact that Saltykov, one of the world's great satirists, is scarcely known outside Russia."
3. I'm not sure how well satire will be received in the USA now, but satire has a long tradition in the US, and I, for one, intend to continue that legacy...
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