Oblomov...

[sandyRoe]

Has anyone read this novel? What would the practical problems be to follow the actions, or inaction, of the eponymous hero?

[commoner]

No...'fraid it's one of the "must read" books that I never got round to reading so can't give you an answer....just curious as to why you ask this?

Russian classics isn't my genre ....more of a Linda la Plante/Kathy Reichs crime novels...some thing with some activity.....isn't he a sort of do nothing very slowly type of guy....?

Maybe I should make it my next read....as a bedside book should be good for dropping to sleep by :-)

[sandyRoe]

Well, due to circumstances I won't go into here I seldom leave the house. I was just thinking the next logical step would be to take to my bed.

[commoner]

Sandy I'm sorry you are or seem to be having problems....but as for taking to your bed....mmm....here's a rather apt quotation from the book...

"Oblomov recognizes he should do something and calls for his servant, ... I've grown so attached to this pit, (bed) that if you try to tear me away, it will be my death.” ...

Maybe you should think on that Sandy...don't want to die eh?