Word: oblomov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...OBLOMOV (485 pp.)-Ivan Goncharov-Penguin (paperback...
Petersburg, needled Russia with a masterly seriocomic study of a chronic lazybones whom he called Oblomov. The book was largely ignored by readers rushing to buy the latest novel-A Nest of Gentlefolk-by Turgenev. Literate Russians eventually recognized Goncharov's genius, but after nearly a century, his major work is still little known in the West. Probably no finer introduction exists than the supple, perceptive new English translation (the first in 25 years) by David Magar-shack, himself the author of two good biographies of Chekhov and Turgenev...
Some of the dialogue is amusing. Especially amusing are the lines spoken by Kurt Kaszuar, as the drinking uncle, and Edgar Steldi as Grandpere. Both are splendid actors, particularly Mr. Kaszuar, who made the evening for me with his Oblomov-like characterization. The French actor, Clande Dauphin, plays Papa with warmth...