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Anna Karenina
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Description for Anna Karenina
Paperback. Editor(s): Morson, Gary Saul. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Publication of this exacting new translation of Tolstoy’s great Anna signifies a literary event of the first magnitude
Tolstoy produced many drafts of Anna Karenina. Crafting and recrafting each sentence, he was anything but casual in his use of language. His project, translator Marian Schwartz observes, “was to bend language to his will, as an instrument of his aesthetic and moral convictions.” In her magnificent new translation, Schwartz embraces Tolstoy’s unusual style—she is the first English language translator ever to do so. Previous translations have departed from Tolstoy’s original, “correcting” supposed mistakes and infelicities. But Schwartz uses repetition ... Read more
Publication of this exacting new translation of Tolstoy’s great Anna signifies a literary event of the first magnitude
Tolstoy produced many drafts of Anna Karenina. Crafting and recrafting each sentence, he was anything but casual in his use of language. His project, translator Marian Schwartz observes, “was to bend language to his will, as an instrument of his aesthetic and moral convictions.” In her magnificent new translation, Schwartz embraces Tolstoy’s unusual style—she is the first English language translator ever to do so. Previous translations have departed from Tolstoy’s original, “correcting” supposed mistakes and infelicities. But Schwartz uses repetition ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Condition
New
Weight
1058g
Number of Pages
792
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300216820
SKU
V9780300216820
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About Black & White Publishing
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is regarded as one of the world’s greatest novelists. Marian Schwartz has translated more than sixty volumes of Russian fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art. Gary Saul Morson is professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Northwestern University.
Reviews for Anna Karenina
“The translation is the most accurate Tolstoy we have in English. Marian Schwartz has been a major force in bringing Russian literature into English for many years, but this is her masterpiece.”—Michael Holquist, author of Dostoevsky and the Novel
Michael Holquist “If there is a Tolstoyan out there who is interested in reading a translation that is exquisitely mindful ... Read more
Michael Holquist “If there is a Tolstoyan out there who is interested in reading a translation that is exquisitely mindful ... Read more