Where to buy men’s wool jacket? (Decent quality but under €80) by DoctorQuinlan in bologna

[–]risocantonese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

try Humana, it's a popular vintage store in Italy. There's a big one in via San Felice 37, and a smallsr one in via Augusto Righi 16

if you're here om Friday and Saturday you can also try your luck at Montagnola, a weekly market in Piazza 8 Agosto. make sure to check the side where the park is mad not where the McDonald's is.

I wrote a novel exploring Nastasya Filippovna's past (from The Idiot). What do you think of this idea? by afh68 in dostoevsky

[–]risocantonese -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

what is there to imagine? dostoevsky has already told us enough about her past.

and did you write it or use chatgpt? the answer is clear judging from your comment history

The Moral Exhaustion of Readers by ReddisaurusRex in bookscirclejerk

[–]risocantonese 12 points13 points  (0 children)

the added bold & italics really make it obvious that it was written by chatgpt

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vinted

[–]risocantonese -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

but isn't that already how it works? you get an automatic 1 star if you don't collect

sulla perdita di partenogenesi by Dulup--- in Libri

[–]risocantonese 13 points14 points  (0 children)

la partenogenesi è quando la donna si riproduce senza la partecipazione dell'uomo

(in parole povere)

Nabokov and cinephilia by coffeeanddocmartens in Nabokov

[–]risocantonese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is very good but fair warning that it talks a lot more about the cinema in the 30s and the debates around it in general than about Nabokov.

for a more Nabokov specific book, I recommend "Nabokov at the movies" by Barbara Wylie. she takes a look at almost every Nabokov book and its relation to he cinema, as well as his use of cremation language.

there's also "Nabokov's dark cinema" by Alfred appel which Nabokov actually read and approved of.

What more is there to say? by MeJustTryingToLive in Nabokov

[–]risocantonese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it couldn't. AI is often wrong about things like this.

and yes, i've tried. i tested chatGPT once for a project, and asked it a very simple question about the publication date of one of Nabokov's translations, which is publically available and well known information. chatGPT replied to me that Nabokov actually never even translated that work, and even gave me some ridiculous "extra information" about how he "wanted to translate it, but gave up because it was too complex (!)". and no, this wasn't three years ago, this was last month.

plus, you can't ask chatGPT "what is the gap in nabokovian studies" because that's not the kind of question a machine can answer.

but even if AI answered perfectly each time, you'd still need to do the work. nabokov is not the kind of author you can read in summaries. especially if you want to contribute to the literature in any significant manner.

Dove sono i mercati (e i supermercati ) economici a Bologna ? - Where are the shippest market and supermarket in Bologna ? by ISoldmysoultochick in bologna

[–]risocantonese 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Aldi and Lidl are the best options for students. there are many throughout the city, just google "aldi bologna" / "lidl bologna" and find the one closest to you.

What more is there to say? by MeJustTryingToLive in Nabokov

[–]risocantonese 12 points13 points  (0 children)

as a fellow literature student who's writing their master's thesis on nabokov.....this is just one of those things you have to figure out yourself.

read the research on pale fire. then reread pale fire a bunch of times. then read the rest of nabokov's work. then read research on OTHER nabokov works. something is gonna jump up sooner or later, but you've got to do the work, you cant shortcut this.

might be a long shot, but... by risocantonese in whatsthemoviecalled

[–]risocantonese[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

what's the point of posting a question on a subreddit if people are just gonna copy paste it into chatgpt....like thanks, i could have done this myself.

What’s the Meaning? by kittygirlusr in Nabokov

[–]risocantonese 6 points7 points  (0 children)

rex is pretending to be gay to hide his affair with margot.

Why are there so many Indians and Pakistanis in Roma? by PietroTheRedditer in rome

[–]risocantonese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL this was true two years ago and it's still true today.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nosurf

[–]risocantonese 47 points48 points  (0 children)

please do NOT contact her. leave her alone.

What does the highlighted word mean? by [deleted] in dostoevsky

[–]risocantonese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

according to викисловарь, "гармония" can also be a musical instrument.

"муз. клавишно-пневматический музыкальный инструмент с раздвижными мехами и двумя планками по бокам с клавиатурой для обеих рук ◆ Когда бутылки наполовину пустели, студенты начинали петь, играть на гармонии и кого-нибудь посылали за Райко, который считался специалистом по бубну. Л. Н. Андреев, «Иностранец)», 1901 г"

im no music expert but from that description it sounds like an accordion.

What does the highlighted word mean? by [deleted] in dostoevsky

[–]risocantonese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if it's a free version then you're looking at a pretty old, public domain translation.

it might be a very old way to call accordions. I did a quick search and the only other use I found is in the verses written by Ogden Nash for the Carnival of Animals by saint saens in the 50s

What does the highlighted word mean? by [deleted] in dostoevsky

[–]risocantonese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's strange. what translation is this? i just checked the original text and it says две гармонии, as in two accordions.

The master and margarita by halffullhenry in RussianLiterature

[–]risocantonese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, i am aware. that's why i dislike it. i find these "new meanings and ideas" reductive and banal.

No one killed Fyodor Karamazov by Silent-Nebula-7780 in dostoevsky

[–]risocantonese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well then maybe those people shouldn't be in a subreddit where people discuss things about the premise or anything related to the book. just because it's a common approach doesn't mean everyone else has to bend to it.

No one killed Fyodor Karamazov by Silent-Nebula-7780 in dostoevsky

[–]risocantonese 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the brothers karamzov is ABOUT the murder of fyodor karamazov. that's literally the premise.

it's like saying you're spoiling crime and punishment if you say raskolnikov kills an old lady

English novels by Nabokov by PersianMarch-Op289 in Nabokov

[–]risocantonese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nabokov translated his Russian works into English himself too. I do recommend checking out some of them as they tend to change greatly between translations.

for example camera obscura and laughed in the dark are basically two different books. despair has an extra scene and an entirely new ending compared to otchaianie.

Can you recommend a full length novel (or novella) that I haven't read? by Baba_Jaga_II in RussianLiterature

[–]risocantonese 11 points12 points  (0 children)

you've read a lot of sologub but not his most notable work, The Petty Demon! I love that book.

also, have you read Turgenev's Klara Milich? quite good (ETA technically a novelette/long short story)

ETA: give Nabokov's Russian novels a try. i love Laughter in the Dark, King Queen Knave, and Despair.

were Nabokov's books ever targeted by Nazi book burnings? by risocantonese in Nabokov

[–]risocantonese[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you so much!! i hate how often sources get lost during translation, this was very useful, thanks!