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>be literally the best writer of all time >never get mentioned
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>be literally the best writer of all time
>never get mentioned on a dweeb /lit/ imageboard
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>>7629653
Turgenev is one of the few classic russian authors I haven't read. I really do hope he's as incredible as many people say. I'm really looking forward to it.
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I just don't know what translator to read.
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>>7629679
I'm reading the penguin classics one. I've been blown away by the prose so I assume its a good translation.
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you spelled John Williams wrong
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>>7629653
But that's not Ford Madox Ford.
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that's not john green
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>>7629653
Talent, but not genius.
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>>7629704
He used to be memed ad nauseam here, don't know what happened
He is still discussed or mentioned very frequently
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That's not William Gaddis, John Hawkes, or William T. Vollmann
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>>7629717
it's painfully obvious that it was only one autist spamming excerpts from le Strong Opinions
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>>7629653
>>7629891

I love Turgenev btw
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