ENGLISHMEN IN MOSCOW
Sir.-I_ would endorse Elizabeth’s Schiessel’s plea for a panel discussion on Russia. One grows weary of the interminable platitudes about the ugliness of Russian life, and I rather fancy that a period of residence in Moscow might be a stimulating experience for
many New Zealanders. Contemporary Russian literature gives the impression that Soviet men and women are less self-centred than we are and more actively conscious of the welfare of their fellow citizens. To lose oneself in the suburbs is popular in New Zealand; it is much less so in Russia. Their attitude in this respect appears to me to bear the seeds of greater human dignity. There is ample matter for debate, competent debaters are not lacking, and so let us on to some real controversy.
W. D.
AIMER
(Wellington)
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19560406.2.12.7
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 870, 6 April 1956, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
134ENGLISHMEN IN MOSCOW New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 870, 6 April 1956, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in