Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Publication of this exacting new translation of Tolstoy's great Anna signifies a literary event of the first magnitude
“The translation is the most accurate Tolstoy we have in EnglishMarian 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 of the book’s complex texture, or someone who has meant to get to Karenina but hasn’t yet got around to this particular pleasure, Schwartz’s tribute to Tolstoy’s craft and sensitivity should be at the top of the list.”—Jim Kates, Arts Fuse -- Jim Kates * Arts Fuse *
‘If translators are, as Alexander Pushkin said, the post-horses of civilisation, [this book has] come to us on the backs of thoroughbreds.’—Carol Apollonio, TLS.
-- Carol Apollonio * TLS *
Finalist for the 2015 Read Russia Prize. -- Read Russia Prize * Read Russia and Read Russia Inc. *
Finalist for the 2015 National Translation Award in Poetry and Prose. -- National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose * American Literary Translators Association *
“Schwartz’s version is not only more accurate, but the language is clearer and more tuned to a twenty-first-century reader . . . Schwartz’s version has more punch . . . An excellent translation like this one can only make the experience of reading Anna Karenina even more enjoyable.”—Christopher Iacono, Three Percent -- Christopher Iacono * Three Percent *
Marian Schwartz won the 2016 Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation, from the Texas Institute of Letters. -- Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award * Texas Institute of Letters *
“If there is a Tolstoyan out there who is interested in reading a translation that is exquisitely mindful of the book’s complex texture, or someone who has meant to get to Karenina but hasn’t yet got around to this particular pleasure, Schwartz’s tribute to Tolstoy’s craft and sensitivity should be at the top of the list.”—Jim Kates, Arts Fuse -- Jim Kates * Arts Fuse *
‘If translators are, as Alexander Pushkin said, the post-horses of civilisation, [this book has] come to us on the backs of thoroughbreds.’—Carol Apollonio, TLS.
-- Carol Apollonio * TLS *
Finalist for the 2015 Read Russia Prize. -- Read Russia Prize * Read Russia and Read Russia Inc. *
Finalist for the 2015 National Translation Award in Poetry and Prose. -- National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose * American Literary Translators Association *
“Schwartz’s version is not only more accurate, but the language is clearer and more tuned to a twenty-first-century reader . . . Schwartz’s version has more punch . . . An excellent translation like this one can only make the experience of reading Anna Karenina even more enjoyable.”—Christopher Iacono, Three Percent -- Christopher Iacono * Three Percent *
Marian Schwartz won the 2016 Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation, from the Texas Institute of Letters. -- Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award * Texas Institute of Letters *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300203943 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300203942 |
| Title | Anna Karenina |
| Author | Leo Tolstoy |
| Series | The Margellos World Republic Of Letters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2014-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 792 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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