tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819746931307977002.post7698342648592385573..comments2024-02-18T12:43:27.161+11:00Comments on SHADOWS: Review: Shame: Oblomov as a sex addictpeter jetnikoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112662184294288528noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819746931307977002.post-3439822460422462752012-02-20T11:36:36.001+11:002012-02-20T11:36:36.001+11:00I realised too late that I hit Publish before I in...I realised too late that I hit Publish before I included the explanation of the subtitle.<br /><br />Oblomov is the protagonist of the novel of that title. He is a young Russian aristocrat typically absent from his estate and his officer's post in St Petersberg. He takes 120 pages of the copy I had to get out of bed in the morning. Among the things littering his apartment are a number of books left dogeared and unfinished. I began my thirtieth year reading this and left it until idly picking it up at the end of the year when the story of it shocked me out of a very similar lifestyle.peter jetnikoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112662184294288528noreply@blogger.com