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Brian BoydVerses And VersionsBrian BoydVerses And VersionsThree Centuries Of Russian Poetry Selected And TrHARDCOVER
EAN: 9780151012640Release Date: 10/1/2008
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Vladimir Nabokov was hailed by Salman Rushdie as the most important writer ever to cross the boundary between one language and another. A Russian emigre who began writing in English after his forties, Nabokov was a trilingual author, equally competent in Russian, English, and French. A gifted and tireless translator, he bridged the gap between languages nimbly and joyously. Here, collected for the first time in one volume as Nabokov always wished, are many of his English translations of Russian verse, presented next to the Russian originals. Here, also, are some of his notes on the dangers and thrills of translation. With an introduction by Brian Boyd, author of the prize-winning biography of Nabokov, Verses and Versions is a momentous and authoritative contribution to Nabokov's published works. PRAISE FOR THE TRANSLATIONS OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV ""It was Nabokov's gift to bring paradise wherever he alighted.""John Updike, The New York Times Book Review ""As entertaining as Rabelais, as dependable as the O.E.D. What Nabokov has done is to throw a bridge between Russian and American culture, a bridge built out of his all-informative commentary and agonizingly honest translation.""The Virginia Quarterly Review |
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