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Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/05/proust-chatgpt-and-the-case-of-the-forgotten-quote-elif-batuman?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Just finished this fascinating article by #ElifBatuman.
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https://russian-world-citizens.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-new-yorker-rereading-russian.html Russian World Citizens Project: #TheNewYorker: Rereading #RussianClassics in the Shadow of the #UkraineWar by #ElifBatuman " Vronsky on his way to join a Pan-Slavic volunteer detachment fighting the Ottomans in Serbia. With Anna dead, and the love plot over, his only desire is to end his own life, and to kill as many Turks as possible in the process. “#Russia is always waging a war where a man can flee in search of death.” #Tolstoy #essay #AnnaKarenina #imperialism
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"And still life goes on in Chekhov’s garden, where it’s always a fine day for hanging yourself, and somebody somewhere is playing the guitar. ...Now the samovar has almost gone cold, and frost has touched the cherry blossoms. Dr. #Chekhov, loyal custodian of the human body, you who could look in the ear of an idle man and see an entire universe—where are you now?... The Possessed by #ElifBatuman #nonfiction #books #Russia #RussianLiterature #bookstodon #literature
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6763627-the-possessed
