Crime and Punishment - Hardcover

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679405577 ISBN 13: 9780679405573

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1992

Synopsis

A new translation comes closer to Dostoevsky's original masterpiece by incorporating a deeper understanding of the Russian and English languages to capture the author's stylistic idiosyncrasies. 12,500 first printing. BOMC & QPB Alt.

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Review:

"The best Ýtranslation of "Crime and Punishment"¨ currently available...An especially faithful re-creation...with a coiled-spring kinetic energy...Don't miss it." -"Washington Post Book World"
"This fresh, new translation...provides a more exact, idiomatic, and contemporary rendition of the novel that brings Fyodor Dostoevsky's tale achingly alive...It succeeds beautifully." -"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Reaches as close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English...The original's force and frightening immediacy is captured...The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version."-"Chicago Tribune"

"From the Hardcover edition."

" The best [translation of "Crime and Punishment"] currently available... An especially faithful re-creation... with a coiled-spring kinetic energy... Don' t miss it." - "Washington Post Book World"
" This fresh, new translation... provides a more exact, idiomatic, and contemporary rendition of the novel that brings Fyodor Dostoevsky' s tale achingly alive... It succeeds beautifully." - "San Francisco Chronicle"
" Reaches as close to Dostoevsky' s Russian as is possible in English... The original' s force and frightening immediacy is captured... The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version." - "Chicago Tribune"

"From the Hardcover edition."

"The best [translation of "Crime and Punishment"] currently available...An especially faithful re-creation...with a coiled-spring kinetic energy...Don't miss it." -"Washington Post Book World "
"This fresh, new translation...provides a more exact, idiomatic, and contemporary rendition of the novel that brings Fyodor Dostoevsky's tale achingly alive...It succeeds beautifully." -"San Francisco Chronicle "
"Reaches as close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English...The original's force and frightening immediacy is captured...The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version."-"Chicago Tribune"

The best [translation of "Crime and Punishment"] currently available An especially faithful re-creation with a coiled-spring kinetic energy Don t miss it. "Washington Post Book World "
This fresh, new translation provides a more exact, idiomatic, and contemporary rendition of the novel that brings Fyodor Dostoevsky s tale achingly alive It succeeds beautifully. "San Francisco Chronicle "
Reaches as close to Dostoevsky s Russian as is possible in English The original s force and frightening immediacy is captured The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version. "Chicago Tribune""

"The best [translation of Crime and Punishment] currently available...An especially faithful re-creation...with a coiled-spring kinetic energy...Don't miss it." -Washington Post Book World

"This fresh, new translation...provides a more exact, idiomatic, and contemporary rendition of the novel that brings Fyodor Dostoevsky's tale achingly alive...It succeeds beautifully." -San Francisco Chronicle

"Reaches as close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English...The original's force and frightening immediacy is captured...The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version."-Chicago Tribune

From the Back Cover:

One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, Crime and Punishment catapulted Fyodor Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days, the author recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman--a pawnbroker whom he regards as "stupid, ailing, greedy...good for nothing." Overwhelmed afterwards by feelings of guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering. Infused with forceful religious, social, and philosophical elements, the novel was an immediate success. This extraordinary, unforgettable work is reprinted here in the authoritative Constance Garnett translation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0679405577
• ISBN 13: 9780679405573
• Binding: Hardcover