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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

Who is the narrator speaking to throughout the story? Who is the audience? @vivastory @BarbaraBB @catebutler @Liz_M @sprainedbrain @KVanRead @LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen @daena @arubabookwoman @emilyhaldi @quietjenn @mklong @youneverarrived @Reviewsbylola @batsy @Tanisha_A @Theaelizabet @Billypar @merelybookish @saresmoore @GatheringBooks

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vivastory The 2 selves of the narrator were speaking to one another, but they were def often addressing others: teachers, parents, Veta etc. 3y

quietjenn It felt mostly like a conversation with the two selves, even when they seemed to be addressing others, for most of the book. Like, there's only one of me, but I constantly have conversations with others in my head, and that's what this seemed like in a very protracted way (and with another personality engaging). 3y

sarahbarnes Agreed @quietjenn @vivastory - I think it was mostly a conversation with his two personalities or selves. I read a review that posited the narrator had schizophrenia. 3y

batsy I agree @quietjenn it was addressed to the self, but the self as multiple (the imaginary audience we have in our head comprising people past and present). 3y

GatheringBooks Hahahhaa. I had no idea really what I read, so not sure how to answer this question at all. I honestly felt it was an arguably-intelligent (a tad self-indulgent) narrative with too many allusions that needed to be explained through footnotes that removed me from the pleasure of the reading experience as a whole. A book with references that needed to be explained every page or so may definitely be more difficult than Ulysses(!). 3y

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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

What do you think of the fact that the place where the narrator spends part of the story is called a "school for fools”?

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vivastory I read several conflicting ideas about the titular institution. Some reviews made it out to be a facility for people with mental health conditions, others said that it was a state run facility for IDD individuals. My guess is that it was a catch all day center, not specializing in one specific type of care. What I found intriguing throughout the book is how the faculty would remark that they too belonged to the school for fools. (edited) 3y

merelybookish Well I took it to mean the students were all the misfits who dont fit into/behave in Soviet society. And no one really cares about them. But a lot of the book didn't seem to take place at the school. 3y

vivastory @merelybookish I think you're right, especially considering the comments made by the teachers 3y

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Leftcoastzen It seems the Soviets always tried to institutionalize, or assign to a work camp those who couldn‘t fall in line. 3y

quietjenn I agree. Despite that director of curriculum or whatever, there didn't seem to be a lot of educational philosophy behind the school, beyond “keep them occupied“ and out of the way of the productive members of society. Actually calling themselves - be they students or teachers - the School for Fools just felt like a bit of black comedy. 3y

vivastory @quietjenn The part about the slippers was interesting. It was arbitrary but I think that might have been Sokolov's point, that a lot of rules at institutions like school for fools are arbitrary. 3y

quietjenn @vivastory yes so many arbitrary rules in many institutions! The thing about the slippers that struck me was how they acted as a physical marker that sort of advertised their affiliation with the School. 3y

sarahbarnes It did seem to be an institution for people who don‘t “fit in,” whether due to mental illness or other reasons. And ironically I think the main character was actually highly intelligent…in some ways similar to the way we don‘t recognize different forms of intelligence here very well. Even if we don‘t always institutionalize. 3y

vivastory @sarahbarnes I agree with your point about the main character being very intelligent & I def see parallels here 3y

batsy @sarahbarnes The narrator's voice is very intelligent, I agree. There's both wisdom and curiosity. The school itself seemed to function more as a metaphor, as in a condition of mind more than anything else. As a criticism of a repressive social order. 3y

GatheringBooks Agree here with @batsy about the metaphorical aspect of the “school for fools” - this book just went way over my head, but the less I understand the more entertained I was - I would even read certain parts aloud to my husband because it was just so nonsensical and absurd - but perhaps there is a deeper more profound aspect to the absurdity that I failed to capture and frankly did not really care enough to understand. 3y

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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

In the Spring '83 issue of The Slavic & East European Journal, future translator Alexander Boguslawski writes, "Sokolov's novel is essentially...showing the possibilities & capacities of artistic imagination at work; yet it may also be considered a passionate outcry against the norms & practices of socialist realism..." Do you agree with Boguslawski's statement?

merelybookish Well I agree it's not socialist realism ? and it does seem to push the limits of how deeply you can be within one character's perspective to write a stream of consciousness coming from a character with schizophrenia. Nothing can be read as "fact". 3y

vivastory Absolutely. If I recall correctly Sokolov didn't even bother with publishing the novel after he'd written it because he knew that it would get him in too much trouble. 3y

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quietjenn Meh? I feel like that overstates and overrates it for me, but I understand how it could be viewed as such, given the context of when and where it was written. 3y

Leftcoastzen Sometimes I found myself thinking is this just an airing of the grievances dressed up in crazy clothes? 3y

batsy It reads like it's definitely a counter-argument against social realism politically and aesthetically, but I'm on the fence about what a passionate outcry means. Like I do wonder if the book is overrated precisely because social realism is automatically seen as a restrictive narrative form because it's a political project, while novels like A School for Fools is by default seen as groundbreaking even though it's largely incoherent (to me). 3y

GatheringBooks I am with @quietjenn here - an overreaching of incoherent ramblings that have been elevated to art/high-brow literature. Perhaps I simply am not patient nor smart enough to truly appreciate it - and felt that I wasted my time doing so. That being said, I still felt the compulsion to plod through regardless, because there were pockets of beauty here and there that I can grasp. The footnotes took me out of the reading experience though. 3y

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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

Is a School for Fools a book narrated by an unreliable narrator or by multiple narrators? Once you became accustomed to the narrative switches, did you find it easier to navigate? @vivastory @BarbaraBB @catebutler @Liz_M @sprainedbrain @KVanRead @LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen @daena @arubabookwoman @emilyhaldi @quietjenn @mklong @youneverarrived @Reviewsbylola @batsy @Tanisha_A @Theaelizabet @Billypar @merelybookish @saresmoore @GatheringBooks

merelybookish I knew from the translator's intro that there were multiple narrators, although it didn't seem evident in the text to me till later when he started to distinguish between the engineer self and the botanist self. I think what helped me most was just trusting there was some kind of logic that would emerge. Certain things were repeated and eventually I pieced things together. Sort of. 3y

vivastory I think that it is narrated by multiple narrators. What makes it jarring is the switch from first person POV to a second person POV. This lent it a doppelganger feeling. Another interesting aspect is the lack of a “dominant“ personality that you typically find in books about multiple, or a split, personality. 3y

quietjenn I think multiple narrators. I initially skipped the translator's note, but some blurbs and other comments clued me in to expect it and I pretty quickly saw the back and forth of one self in dialogue with the other. My challenge was that, maybe because there wasn't a dominant self, the two didn't seem particularly different from one another. I don't even think that the botanist v. engineer self that @merelybookish mentions even really registered. 3y

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Leftcoastzen Sometimes I found the shifts difficult, I would think that I accidentally skipped something , I would go back & reread . I tried to not read it when I was tired !😁 3y

sarahbarnes I read a review that proposed the narrator had schizophrenia, so I was predisposed to thinking the multiple narrators are actually his different personalities. And I agree that the switches in POV was one of the things that made it such a challenging read. 3y

BarbaraBB I‘m sorry I can‘t participate since I didn‘t finish the book. I absolutely LOVE the illustrations you use. If they come close to the content of the book I should definitely give it another try 🤍 3y

batsy I kind of read it as multiple narrators, and because of the translator's intro I read it as the multiple selves. It all doesn't cohere into a proper narrative, though, but that's what made think that it was a fractured narrative reflecting the narrator's mental illness, so there were no easy threads or an overarching narrative to follow. 3y

GatheringBooks Half of the time, I have no idea what I was reading - which made me indifferent to whether there was a singular or multiple narrators - I just wanted to get it over and done with, like some form of required reading where I will not even get a grade or credit (lols). Love reading all your reflections here, though. As for mental illness, Neal Shusterman‘s “Challenger Deep” offers a more accessible, relatable opportunity to get into another‘s mind. 3y

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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

Sokolov invented the word poetry for his particular writing style. Many reviewers have compared it to Ulysses. What do you think of Sokolov's style? #nyrbbookclub

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sarahbarnes Photographs used today are credited to Russian street photographer Alexander Petrosyan. 3y

merelybookish I can see the comparison to Ulysses, although years since I read it. But I guess both layer on subjective sights, sounds, smells, wordplay, etc. Although I think Ulysses is actually easier to understand. 😳 Because it has a more linear time frame (a day) whereas this one subverted any time line. If time & space are the two concepts that ground most novels, I guess this one was more rooted in space? But even that feels hard to say for sure. 🤣 3y

vivastory It took me a bit to find the rhythm of Sokolv's style, but once I did I really appreciated what he did . I read in a couple of reviews that there was a previous English translation which was largely panned because it failed to capture the linguistic intricacies. 3y

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vivastory I was unfamiliar with Petrosyan's work. Great choice! 3y

vivastory @merelybookish I have been intimidated to tackle Ulysses, but if it's easier than Sokolov's novel I feel a bit braver 😂 3y

Leftcoastzen I am a great fan of Ulysses & like @merelybookish think it‘s easier because of the linear time frame .I‘d seem to catch a wave so to speak with the writing & wordplay & be in awe of it . Sometimes I couldn‘t read it , my mind wanders off.love the photos! 3y

merelybookish @vivastory I'm sure you're up to th challenge! 😁 But you have a character walking around Dublin and so it has more structure than this book. I think. And when another voice takes over, it's clearly another voice. 3y

vivastory @Leftcoastzen Well, hearing you also say that it's easier has emboldened me to tackle it this year. 👍 3y

vivastory @merelybookish The narrative switches in Sokolov's novel were both really interesting & really jarring/frustrating. 3y

merelybookish @vivastory Bloomsday is June 16th 😀 3y

vivastory @merelybookish Just in time after I finish Moby Dick (I started that today) 🙃 3y

quietjenn I can certainly see the comparisons with Ulysses, although I agree with @merelybookish and @Leftcoastzen that the linearity of that book makes it easier to grasp and follow, in many ways. But with both books, I found them most pleasurable when I a) “just went with it“ and didn't try to make sense of everything and b) accepted that there were a billion allusions and references I wasn't getting. 😆 3y

quietjenn @sarahbarnes I love these images! 3y

Leftcoastzen @vivastory I read Moby Dick recently, was surprised it was so funny in spots . 3y

vivastory @Leftcoastzen I'm planning on reading at least 50 pages per day, but yes! I couldn't agree more. The first night that Ishmael is in the tavern & the innkeeper starts sanding down the bench for him to sleep on...that made me chuckle 3y

sarahbarnes I read Ulysses a long time ago, and I don‘t know that I would compare these reading experiences. 3y

LeahBergen I didn‘t read along with the group this month as I sampled a bit of the book and thought it wasn‘t for me. I‘m certainly enjoying reading through these discussion questions, though! “Ulysses is easier”??? 😆😆 (edited) 3y

batsy I agree @merelybookish Ulysses was "easier", in a way ? And yes @quietjenn this book worked for me best when I just went along for the ride without thinking too much. I definitely missed a lot of references, for sure. @vivastory I think you'd love Ulysses but it did help that I read it the first time during a two-semester seminar course, so we had lots and lots of supplementary reading material plus discussions ? 3y

batsy I love the images you've used! I think I can agree with it being called poetry, it feels like prose poetry with a lot of freewheeling allusions and connections that feels like layers of metaphor (as in the reader has to work to find out the meaning, but it also works as a "surface" reading in terms of just enjoying the language...there was a lot of beautiful sentences, I thought.) 3y

sarahbarnes @LeahBergen yes, definitely a ringing endorsement of the book. 😂😂 3y

GatheringBooks Haven‘t read ulysses yet - too daunting for me, plus it requires a measure of commitment I don‘t think I will be able to provide. There were poetic elements in this novel for sure, in its cryptic, coded, inaccessible form; not the emotion, affective, engaging nature of poetry that‘s for sure - at least for me. Sorry to be late to this party. 3y

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quietjenn

A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

This is definitely not a book I would've picked up or finished without #nyrbbookclub, but I'm glad I read it. There's some wonderful turn of phrase and wordplay and it was best when I could immerse myself and just go with it. That said, I could've done with more narrative and/or more bits like Now, when we weren't cloistered in the protagonist's head. It was challenging much of the time and I definitely didn't get all the references 😏🤷‍♀️

BarbaraBB Kudos for finishing 🙌 3y

vivastory It's def one that I will be reading again with the hopes of picking up on more of the references 3y

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batsy

A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

so-so

A so-so rating doesn't feel fair, because it suggests this book is mediocre when it's not. I didn't go with a pick because I didn't quite enjoy it. I went through it. I sort of lived with the novel. I usually tend to enjoy the weird, disconcerting novels written in stream of consciousness, featuring fractured narratives, & this one has plenty of sentences that are profound, wry, clever, & funny. Yet I found myself wanting it to be over sooner.

batsy I was alternately bored/frustrated & captivated. Maybe I would feel differently about it had I read it at a time when I could read it almost all in one go, in a dream state, without having to stop & start. I agree with @merelybookish in that I appreciate that it was written in response to socialist realism, & as such was staking a claim in art & aesthetics as a counterpoint to the dominant ideology. #NYRBBookClub @sarahbarnes @vivastory 3y

Emilymdxn I‘d love to join in with nyrb book club! Is there someone who could tag me in posts about it and let me know what the next read is? 3y

batsy @Emilymdxn Yes, @vivastory is our coordinator and we can start tagging you in discussions from the month you want to join 🙂 For May, we're reading this

Basic Black with Pearls

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batsy @Emilymdxn This is what we're reading in June

Good Behaviour

Emilymdxn Thanks @batsy and @vivastory - I‘ll get reading basic black with pearls! 3y

batsy @Emilymdxn No worries! Our discussions usually take place on the last Sunday of the month (or the first Sunday of the following month depending on schedules). 3y

merelybookish I think our experiences of reading this were similar. And I also feel unqualified to "rate" it. Initially I gave it 2 ⭐s on GR but that felt unfair since who am I to judge this book?! (So I just left it blank.) 3y

batsy @merelybookish I left it blank for the same reason! (I was initially going to give it 2 stars, as well 👯‍♀️) 3y

Graywacke Your thoughtful review again makes me want to join these nyrb group reads (even if you were mixed on the book). Noting those next two titles. 3y

batsy @Graywacke Yes, please do join in if you feel like it! I love the #nyrbbookclub and our discussions 🙂 3y

sarahbarnes I couldn‘t have said it better myself! I think I‘m glad I read it, but it was a more strenuous experience than I thought it would be, even though I too usually like these types of narratives. 3y

batsy @sarahbarnes Thank you! I'm glad I stuck with it, in a way, but yes I feel confused about why I didn't like it more 😆 3y

vivastory @Emilymdxn I'm looking forward to your thoughts on the book 👏 3y

vivastory @Graywacke Yes, please join! Our group started a few years ago & it is still such a joy 3y

vivastory I think that I might have liked this one more than most, but I will say I had a few false starts with this. I picked it up a few times earlier this month & could only read a few minutes before I had to switch it for something not quite as demanding. Once I was able to devote my attention to it, I really enjoyed it. There were def aspects that went over my head but I have already reread a few passages. Great review! 3y

batsy @vivastory Thank you! It does seem like a book that would have to be read with very little breaks in-between to get into the flow of it. 3y

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merelybookish

A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

so-so

There is a method to this madness along with wordplay, allusions, digressions, repetitions galore. Because what is time after all? And what is sanity? OccasionalIy, I fell into the rhythms and followed the threads (Who me? Yes me!) Other me (what there's two?) got frustrated, irritated, and bored. I absolutely believe this is a work of genius AND I absolutely believe most of it went over my head. (But which head?) 😂 Definitely one to discuss!!

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merelybookish As happens sometimes when I read works in translation, I was very aware of how my ignorance of culture that produced this book affected my ability to understand it. This writer was responding to something and while I *know* it was social realism, that still wasn't enough to fully appreciate what that meant and what he was doing. 3y

vivastory I love this review 👏 Yes, definitely one you have to be in the right headspace for. And, I think a good discussion book. Despite being plotless. Interesting that both of the Russian novels that we read in our group this year were at least in part a response to social realism, albeit in two different directions. 3y

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merelybookish @vivastory Yes, The Slynx did come to mind as I read this. They are different for sure but some overlap as well. And I felt adrift and a bit clueless reading both of them. 3y

GingerAntics Oh my. It‘s quite philosophical from the sounds of it. 3y

merelybookish @GingerAntics The narrator has schizophrenia (I think) and all storytelling conventions are pretty much chucked. There is a philosophy driving the aesthetic but the experience of reading isn't heady so much as disorienting and destabilizing. 3y

arubabookwoman Great review! 3y

GingerAntics @merelybookish that does not sound pleasant! Congratulations on getting through that mine field. 3y

batsy I love this review! ❤️ The two mes had a similar response 😆 3y

sarahbarnes Love this review - perfect. 😂 And I agree. So many times I was lost, and it was a strenuous read from start to finish, but I think I‘m glad I hung in there until the end. Gave me a lot to think about. 3y

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Leftcoastzen

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pick

#NYRBBookClub What did I just read now? 😄At times, lyrical & compelling.Sometimes funny & confusing. Overall , I liked it. It put my brain in the mixmaster! Looking forward to the discussion!

vivastory, sarahbarnes

sarahbarnes I‘m glad you liked it! 3y

batsy Brain in the mixmaster! I like that 😆 Feel the same. 3y

Leftcoastzen @batsy sometimes I had to backtrack & read a section again , my brain in a whirl!😁 3y

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arubabookwoman

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I won't be able to join our #NYRB Book Club discussion this week, but pictured is my review from when I read the book a number of years ago. Several members have commented on the difficulty of figuring out what was going on, and I found the intro to my edition very helpful. @batsy @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @vivastory ETA For some reason the pictures of my review is not posting. I will try to type it into the comments below:

arubabookwoman My review: To describe this book, I can do no better than to quote this passage from the introduction: 'A School for Fools is a journey through the mental landscape of a nameless, schizophrenic adolescent which he relates with the assistance of an author figure who may be the boy's older self. Through the kaleidoscopic prison of the teenager's schizoid mind, we share his bizarre perceptions and attempts to come to terms with the surrounding world. 3y

arubabookwoman The boy, who refers to himself as 'we', perceives himself and several other characters as two distinct but related persons, each with his or her own name. Much of the narrative is interior dialogue between the two halves of the boy's mind, or interior monologues ostensibly directed toward often unidentified characters. Nor can the boy perceive time, or events in time, in any fixed order; past, present, and future are random and .... 3y

arubabookwoman ...intermixed. These aberrations determine the unorthodox form of the novella. There is, in the ordinary sense, no plot, but rather an ever swirling verbal collage." My review then quoted the opening part of the first paragraph of the book, and read in the light of the above--that it is a dialogue--it sort of became understandable, My review ended with the following: 3y

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arubabookwoman [U]nderstanding that the narrative is primarily an interior dialogue between the two characters the narrator believes himself to be, the novel became a little easier to comprehend. While I think I understood substantial sections of the book, there were still many parts that went over my head. However, I still enjoyed the book, and the journey it took me on. I would recommend the book if you enjoy unconventional, difficult books, and... 3y

arubabookwoman ...you don't mind being puzzled by what you've read when you finish the book. 3y

sarahbarnes Thank you for posting this! I will say that I also enjoyed the book although I didn‘t fully understand what was happening at times. And I do love a Russian unreliable narrator and this book was a great example of that. 3y

vivastory Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! This is helpful, for sure. I typically avoid the introductions until after I finish the book. But I find it helpful to read them beforehand if I feel lost. 3y

BarbaraBB Thank you so much Deborah, it is very helpful and makes me understand better what the author means to do. 3y

batsy Thank you for sharing your review! I'm in the 3rd section now and I appreciate the bit about it being a dialogue between selves/characters. I wonder if a key part of this book is just "letting go" the need to understand or for things to make sense and instead just succumb to the wacky journey. (The notes at the end are also really interesting for all of the layers and allusions, metaphors and wordplay... That I'd definitely otherwise miss out on) 3y

merelybookish Thanks for sharing this! I'm about 40% in and finding it hard. If I get into a rhythm, I'm okay and I start seeing the repetition of images,.etc. but if I lose that, I feel lost again. But plan to soldier on! 3y

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BarbaraBB

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bailed

Page after page of stream of consciousness without any break or paragraph… it was hard to keep up and then I didn‘t even want to any longer. I am sorry Sarah and Scott and the rest of my #NYRBBookClub squad but my mind can‘t handle it at the moment 🤷🏻‍♀️

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LeahBergen I read an excerpt from this before buying it and thought it wasn‘t my sort of read either. 😬 3y

DivineDiana Stream of consciousness does not appeal to me as well. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3y

arubabookwoman I read it several years ago and was totally lost in the beginning. Before bailing I read the intro (not sure if it was a NYRB edition), which explained what the author was doing/ehat was going on, & after that I was able to follow what I was reading. 3y

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sarahbarnes No worries at all. I will say that the style changes after the first part and for me it got easier to follow. But it was way more of a challenge to read than I expected it to be! 3y

batsy I was thinking about bailing because this is also not a good time for me to read this! Lots going on in life and super hard to focus on this style. But I'll give the suggestion by @arubabookwoman a go tonight & read the intro in the NYRB edition to see if I feel like I might soldier on 😁 3y

BarbaraBB @batsy It is very helpful indeed what @arubabookwoman suggests. Let me know what you think when you‘ve read it! (edited) 3y

batsy @BarbaraBB @arubabookwoman It's a brief translator's note in the NYRB, but yes it is quite enticing and makes me think I'll carry on for now and see where this leads... 🙂 3y

sarahbarnes I totally get it! It was a way more strenuous read than I expected it to be and I don‘t think I liked it for the most part, although parts of it were interesting. 3y

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I am sorry I bailed but I wasn‘t in the right mood for it 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y

sarahbarnes Don‘t be sorry! To be honest I‘m not sure I would‘ve finished it if I didn‘t feel like I had to. 😂 3y

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merelybookish

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Started the #NYRBbookclub pick. 🤨🤯🤔 It's a bit intense? 🤣 And one way to subvert the style of Soviet social realism. And definitely a good one to discuss. 😅
@vivastory @sarahbarnes

sarahbarnes @merelybookish Intense is one way to describe it 😂 I‘ll definitely be interested to discuss it! 3y

merelybookish @sarahbarnes Have you finished it? 3y

sarahbarnes @merelybookish I did. Making it through the first part was rough; it got better after that. (edited) 3y

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merelybookish @sarahbarnes ok. That's good to hear! I am still in the first section. 3y

BarbaraBB I‘m about to start too. 3y

merelybookish @BarbaraBB Good luck! 😅 3y

BarbaraBB Sounds if I might need it 😁 3y

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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

It was close for a bit, but the pick for April #nyrbbookclub is A School for Fools.📚@vivastory @BarbaraBB @catebutler @Liz_M @sprainedbrain @KVanRead @LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen @daena @arubabookwoman @emilyhaldi @quietjenn @mklong @youneverarrived @Reviewsbylola @batsy @Tanisha_A @Theaelizabet @Billypar @merelybookish @saresmoore @sarahbarnes @GatheringBooks

batsy Looking forward! 3y

vivastory These all sounded good. Looking forward to reading this one & co-hosting with you! 3y

Liz_M Oh good, the one I forgot to vote for won. 😁 3y

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youneverarrived Looking forward to it 😁 3y

BarbaraBB Thanks Sarah! A great choice! 3y

LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to it! 3y

emilyhaldi Sorry I missed voting 🙃 sounds like a good pick! 3y

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A School for Fools | Sasha Sokolov

Hello #nyrbbookclub! Here are nominations for April!

@vivastory @BarbaraBB @catebutler @Liz_M @sprainedbrain @KVanRead @LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen @daena @arubabookwoman @emilyhaldi @quietjenn @mklong @youneverarrived @Reviewsbylola @batsy @Tanisha_A @Theaelizabet @Billypar @merelybookish @saresmoore @sarahbarnes @GatheringBooks @readordierachel

Leftcoastzen Wow great selections

vivastory Thanks for posting! My vote is also for

LeahBergen Oh, good choices! Hmm, I‘ll vote for

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merelybookish These all sound delightfully weird! 😀 I'm going with

Witch Grass

youneverarrived These all sound so good! Tough choice but I‘ll go with

readordierachel All sound great! I'm going to vote for

quietjenn These all sound interesting, but I'm going to vote for

Witch Grass

arubabookwoman I've read School For Fools (very weird), so I vote for #WitchGrass. 3y

Billypar I loved Invention of Morel - it was very memorable. I'm going to go with

batsy Fun! I vote for

GatheringBooks Oooh! I will vote for the one i already own

BarbaraBB Great choices! I vote for

sprainedbrain Love these selections. I will vote for

saresmoore Great picks! If it‘s not too late, my vote goes to