Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free...
by rodgerd on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:08PM
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War and Peace is only as long as Lord of the Rings, after all. It's odd to me that people will read something like ASOIF and then punt on that.
> It just so exhausting to work with people that see leadership as some ego trip.
I think that my biggest surprised on reading a book by a Russian count was that he was a strong opponent of the Great Man theory of history.
Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free...
by TMWNN on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:31PM
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>War and Peace is only as long as Lord of the Rings, after all. It's odd to me that people will read something like ASOIF and then punt on that.
I read the first four ASOIAF books in two weeks (before the TV show). I read the fifth one in two days straight after buying the ebook at midnight on release day.
I have repeatedly failed to read more than a few dozen pages of LotR.
Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free...
by nextaccountic on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:43AM
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The beginning of LotR is rather slow, and specially the Old Forest section is a slog. Almost made me give up on the book.
After they reach Bree, the entire thing was a breeze for me
Re:8-Part Film Adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Is Free...
by huevosabio on Monday July 11, 2022 @06:05PM
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Yes, exactly this!
I enjoyed much more the "essay-like" parts than the actual novel, and they stuck with me unlike the rest of the details of War and Peace.
Though it might be because I actually found his materialistic approach to history very interesting and his views an leadership extremely valuable. So I am one of the few that actually enjoyed all the rambling about how much Napoleon sucked.
It is one of the few books that made a lasting impression on my worldview. I wish more management type people would read it. It just so exhausting to work with people that see leadership as some ego trip. A good leader's job is to simply enable the people to do their job.
Funny enough I don't remember much about the actual characters. Really need to read it again some other time. AK was a bit more difficult for me as it is more story-driven and a bit more subtle with it themes.