Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
Bingo Row 3 – O If I planned this bingo here, I would have not used up books that start with O on other boxes. But I didn’t and did and I read myself into a corner. So I read Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov. Ilya Ilich Oblomov is a fat, lazy, spoiled rich kid. And by kid, I mean 30-something adult man. He is so lazy, he’s the origin of the word ‘oblomovism’ (which is a synonym for lazy and not a word I hear […]
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
In this 1850 Russian novel — and the version I link here is wonderfully translated — we meet the eternally indolent character of Ivan Illyich Oblomov, the uninspired, scared of giving effort and caring, aristocrat who gives up a well-connected job for simply wanting to lie around and do nothing. A lot more happens, but that’s the basic set up. The book is propped up by exploring the various facets in which the effete laziness of the ruling class is run through various parts of […]
