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TRANSLATED, ANNOTATED AND INTRODUCED BY GILLON AITKEN
Beyond his perfect expression of Russian mood, Pushkin's universality of vision has made him a permanent place in the history of world literature.Gillon Aitken's distinguished translation is the only volume that contains all his prose fiction, including some tales which remained unfinished when Pushkin was tragically killed in a duel at the age of thirty-seven
Beyond his perfect expression of Russian mood, Pushkin's universality of vision has made him a permanent place in the history of world literature.Gillon Aitken's distinguished translation is the only volume that contains all his prose fiction, including some tales which remained unfinished when Pushkin was tragically killed in a duel at the age of thirty-seven
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"Pushkin is Russia's answer to Shakespeare, the acknowledged creator of the language Russians' speak today" (The Times)
"Anything by Pushkin is bound to be more enjoyable than anything by anyone else, and this fresh translation is like a new vintage of Chateau Lafitte" (Financial Times)
"To be Russian means to love Pushkin" (Vladimir Nabokov)
"He is the lasting wonder of Russian literature" (Guardian)
"Pushkin took the clumsy carthorse that was the literary Russian of his time and transformed it into a Pegasus" (Sunday Times)
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"Anything by Pushkin is bound to be more enjoyable than anything by anyone else, and this fresh translation is like a new vintage of Chateau Lafitte" (Financial Times)
"To be Russian means to love Pushkin" (Vladimir Nabokov)
"He is the lasting wonder of Russian literature" (Guardian)
"Pushkin took the clumsy carthorse that was the literary Russian of his time and transformed it into a Pegasus" (Sunday Times)
A definitive modern translation of these immensely enjoyable stories.
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0099529475
- ISBN 13 9780099529477
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- Number of pages544
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