| Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and Translated by | 
 enlarge | Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Creators: Brian Boyd, Stanislav Shvabrin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 0151012644
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.71008
EAN: 9780151012640
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
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Product Description
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.
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V is for Victory January 5, 2009
An eloquent book that should be in the library of any person interested in Russian poetry, Vladimir Nabokov and/or the difficult art of translation.
Professors Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin have performed a notable service in organizing and bringing this fine collection to print.
I am not knowledgeable about the subject poems (or the Russian language) so can not judge for certain if Mr. Nabokov's translations to English are the best. But, I would wager they are.
Please also consider reading this great intellect's memoir "Speak, Memory."
As Mr. Nabokov said of a long dead Russian poet, "... all is finished now: the bequeathed gold shines on a shelf in full view of the future..."
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