Russian literature

Why is it so awesome?

>quiet flows the don

underrated

I unironically think it's better than War and Peace.
And I was surprised how Sholokhov is frank about excesses of communists too, given how he was communist. Also surprised Stalin allowed him to publish this.

I heard that sholokov didn't even write it

>Why is it so awesome?
Because you're a Western contrarian and you see something exotic in the Russian shithole.
That being said they have several great authors, but not more or better than any other big European country.

I'm actually a Slav.
Yeah, it's possible. But it doesn't matter, it's a great work.

more than italy

>I'm actually a Slav.
That means nothing.

Oh and name one American work that compares with Russian classics.
As you can see it's absolutely possible to be a great country yet lack in culture. It's clearly not about numbers and wealth.

It's not
t. Russian