Comments on: Pontius Pilate For Some Reason: The Master & Margarita Readalong

By: Care

Care — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:02:00 +0000

This sounds like the PERFECT book for a Jenny-share! I’m starting at the beginning and will say I read this book becaue I am 100% on board that your explanations will be better than me attempting. Thank you

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 20:34:00 +0000

I knew I’d forgotten something!

By: Athira

Athira — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:07:00 +0000

Oh boy, I do want to read this book. I do want to do this readalong. But I am already in the middle of another one which is slow-going. I guess I will read it through you!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:16:00 +0000

What translation are you reading? I have VERY strong feelings about M&M translations, and I think Glenny is the best.

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:23:00 +0000

I was thinking about joining this readalong, but it turned out that I couldn’t easily and quickly get it from my library. Which is just as well, as I decided to join the Social Justice Book Club readalong this month, and probably M&M would have been sacrificed to the other readalong at some point anyway.

By: Maureen E

Maureen E — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:19:00 +0000

Actual answer: Patronymics & diminutives! Russians have three names: given name, patronymic (their father’s name), and last name. But given names also have specific diminutive forms which are used by people you’re closer to (and there are varying degrees of that too). So that’s part of the confusion. Styopa is probably the diminutive form of Stepan. You may already know all this, but anyway!

By: Tasha B. (heidenkind)

Tasha B. (heidenkind) — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 05:39:00 +0000

This sounds like a book I would want to set on fire. I applaud your reading tenacity!

By: Chrisbookarama

Chrisbookarama — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:52:00 +0000

I immediately forgot everyone’s name. They have 100 names each! It’s as bad as Anna Karenina with all the Princesses of This and That.

By: Sharon Tomasulo

Sharon Tomasulo — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:44:00 +0000

I will never read Russian literature because of the names. But I do love it when you read something I always feel like I should want to read. Go forth and read this for me! Thank you!

By: MegsGranger

MegsGranger — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:39:00 +0000

I’m 80 percent relieved I was too disorganized to participate in this readalong and 20 percent regretful, because I haven’t read any Russian novels and I know I NEED to. But also . . . they’re SO Russian. I’ll just read your readalong posts and call it a day, probably.