Favorite books by Lyudmila Sarycheva, editor-in-chief of "Dela Modulbank" and co-author of "Write, reduce"

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What are your favorite books?

Can I write a lot? Because they are all very different and it is difficult for me to choose one. I will only talk about fiction books, because in my life there is already a lot of work and reading at work.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Citadel by Archibald Cronin, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez. From Russian classics - "The Idiot" and "Anna Karenina". From stories - Chekhov, Twain, Dovlatov, O'Henry.

In general, in literature I am always attracted by the theme of the struggle of the individual against the system. This is the theme of 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Citadel.

Do you have a favorite writer? Which book do you recommend reading?

I do not like the theme with "What is your favorite writer, artist, director, publication." To say that my favorite writer is Dostoevsky or Dovlatov, you have to be a literary critic, know all the works of the writer, read criticism on them, understand the stages of creativity. I don't know all this, so my love for writers is very superficial.

In addition, writers write in different genres, so it is impossible to compare English classics with modern Russian prose, for example. Therefore, I will not name my favorite writers, I will say that I love Dovlatov very much, and I liked everything I read with him.

I would also say that I love Russian classics, but this is somehow trite, so I won't.

What book from your childhood do you have the warmest memories of?

"Deniskin's stories". Now I read them aloud to my daughter and remember how I read it all as a child. Recently, I read stories to my daughter at night, so that she fell asleep, but my husband and I laughed at them to tears, so we no longer read at night, we read during the day.

I like that now that I am an adult, Deniskin's Stories have received a new context. I can appreciate humor and see deeper meanings. I really like that they are kind and instructive, but very unobtrusive, without moralizing.

I also often recall some individual works from the "Roman Gazette". We had a big, big stack at home, and my mother and my sister read stories from there when we were about seven years old. Some I literally remember in detail even now.

What book do you read often and enjoy?

Dovlatov's "Solo on Underwood" because it's funny every damn time. I laugh to tears, although I already remember all these notes well.

What books do you recommend?

Most often I am asked to recommend books for editors. And I recommend to everyone "Write, shorten" and "New rules of business correspondence", very worthy books, I directly advise, yes.

I always recommend to everyone “Say no first” - the most important book for everyone. More from the working "Editing by design" and a rather sensible book on public speaking "Kamasutra for an orator".

Which book inspired you to take action the most?

"Say no first." It seems to be the most important book in my life, which completely changed the way I interact with people.

Was there a book that you couldn't tear yourself away from until you read it to the end?

Almost all of my favorite books, which I listed at the beginning, are like this. I read Citadel until two in the morning, and then woke up at five in the morning to read on. Until late at night I read to Karenina and War and Peace. Because of To Kill a Mockingbird, I thwarted the deadline for one project. I had to renegotiate and make up, but after I finished reading.

But not all books are so fascinating to me. For example, I read Ulitskaya's novel, and it is cool, but it was hard. When you come across books for which you want to stay up all night, it's really cool, although then it's hard, of course. I could afford this until I had a child, and for the last year I deliberately do not take on art books, so as not to sacrifice sleep.

What book is a must-read for every person and why?

One of my former colleagues, Vitya, told the following story. On New Year's, his friend gave each of their company a book and said that he had picked up his own special book with meaning for everyone. Vitya got "Lord of the Flies". I suffered, suffered, thought for a few days, and then asked a friend. And a friend says: "Oh, no, I have no subtext for you, I just chose an interesting one."

So I'm telling this to the point that I don't think there is a book that everyone should read. People are very different, with different views, lives and attitudes towards others. Better to let everyone have their own unique book with their own special meaning.

What have you read recently and why did you choose this one?

All that I read in the last year is children's poems and stories, because I have a child. There is no time for another. I tried to listen to audiobooks, listened to “Sapiens. A Brief History of Humanity”and“Emotional Intelligence”.

But in my opinion, audiobooks are for perverts (in a good sense of the word, of course). I can't imagine how you can remember something from there. I’m distracted all the time, floating away into my thoughts, and when I remember about the book, I’ve already lost what they were talking about for the last three minutes.

Which book was helpful to you professionally? Why?

I don't want to talk about professional ones, let's have something for the soul.:)

Which of the last fiction books you read do you remember? How?

Of course, Doctor Aibolit. I remember it so much that I read it by heart without peeking into the text. No book I remember so well. Although Aibolit himself pisses me off, because he is a terrible whiner. How can you whine so much? And most importantly, everyone is underway and begins to help: wolves, whales, eagles. I would not, only if Aibolit asked normally, without whining.

What good book have you read on the advice of another person?

In terms of advice on books, I have the best assistant in the world - my sister Katya. She is a philologist and loves to read. She follows the release of new books, modern authors, knows the classics well. If I want to read something artistic, I go to Katya.

How do you read? What do you prefer: paper, electronic, audiobooks? Why?

I love paper books because they are pleasant to hold in my hands, they smell. But I ran out of space in my apartment, so I mostly read electronic ones. In addition, there are fewer problems with delivery from online stores.

From applications I use iBooks, because it is standard, and I'm too lazy to look for others.

Do you take notes, do you save quotes, do you write reviews?

No, I'm lazy.