Discovering Russian Literature discussion

Hello! It's that time again. Nominate a book you would like to read in February. New members, please check the 'Rules of Picking Group Reads' thread.

My Childhood

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov

Soul & Other Stories by Andrey Platonov

Just a comment.
Two books of those nominated so far - 'Childhood' and 'Speak, Memory' - are good to read in juxtaposition. Two big Russian authors meditate on their childhood. Same country. Approximately same time. Yet their child experiences are practically incommensurable.
Who will the reader identify closer with?
It's good to find out.
Just a thought.

Bigollo wrote: "Just a comment.
Two books of those nominated so far - 'Childhood' and 'Speak, Memory' - are good to read in juxtaposition. Two big Russian authors meditate on their childhood. Same country. Approxi..."

This will depend on the votes but I have to agree with you, I myself can't decide on which to choose there. It'd be nice to try a biography for a change.