Locaha comments on March 2015 Media Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Romashka 07 March 2015 04:26:17PM 2 points [-]

The tale of Hodja Nasreddin by Leonid Solovyov, translated into English and available on Amazon. Based on folk tales. A story about a man who falls in love, saves people from being sold into slavery, rehabilitates the Thief of Baghdad and never ever surrenders, no matter the odds.

And he said he'd live forever.

And there's a Beast called Cat in it.

Comment author: Locaha 08 March 2015 10:24:07AM *  0 points [-]

I second this one, I read the original, it is great.

The first book was written before author's 8 years bout in GULAG, and the second after. How this influenced the difference between the books is left as an exercise for the reader. :-)

Comment author: Romashka 08 March 2015 10:38:51AM 0 points [-]

Why, it made the second part grow into its full potential. Consider Hodja finding his own greatest belief. I always regretted there are only two books:)

Comment author: Locaha 08 March 2015 11:09:50AM 0 points [-]

Do you have a link to the translation? In amazon maybe?

Comment author: Romashka 08 March 2015 11:32:20AM 0 points [-]