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@Lit_Books @kudera They put him through mock execution, yes? N after all that, he still revered the Czar. #RussianSoul
— Ken Barnett (@kenaviba) November 16, 2014

@kenaviba @Lit_Books @kudera yes, of course, and famously; Ken, do you have Russian favs? I like D., Chekhov, Gogol, Shalamov, Olesha, Biely
— Alex Kudera (@kudera) November 16, 2014

@kudera @Lit_Books @kudera I'd add Isaac Babel, "My 1st Goose", "Odessa Tales". Life in the raw. Admire Gorky's humanity.
— Ken Barnett (@kenaviba) November 16, 2014

@kenaviba @Lit_Books excellent! Isaac Babel figures prominently in the second half Fight for Your Long Day: http://t.co/108lqouY1e
— Alex Kudera (@kudera) November 16, 2014

@kudera @Lit_Books Just ordered it. If good as it sounds, will end up in my library in Nicaragua.
— Ken Barnett (@kenaviba) November 16, 2014

@kenaviba @Lit_Books thanks, Ken! just shelve it with the mortal (as opposed to canonical great) writers, laugh, cry, and feel a bit weird
— Alex Kudera (@kudera) November 16, 2014

@kudera @Lit_Books Precisely what looking 4: contemporary that contains canonical.
— Ken Barnett (@kenaviba) November 16, 2014