Demons
A Novel in Three Parts
$47.02
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
1 August 1995
Summary
A masterful translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s rollicking novel that examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers—from “the premier Russian-to-English translators of the era”
“[Pevear and Volokhonsky] capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life.”
Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russia in 1869, Fyodo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679734512 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679734511 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 1995 |
| Weight: | 601g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 39mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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Critics Review
“[An] admirable new translation of … Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.”—New York Review of Books“The merit in this edition of Demons resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators… . They capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life.”—The New York Times Book Review“Demons is the Dostoevsky novel for our age… . [Pevear and Volokhonsky] have managed to capture and differentiate the characters’ many voices… . They come into their own when faced with Dostoevsky’s wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns… . A capital job of restoration.”—Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
About the Translators
Richard Pevear has published translations of Alain, Yves Bonnefoy, Albert Savinio, and Pavel Florensky, as well as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the translation of The Brothers Karamazov.
Larissa Volokhonsky was born in Leningrad. She has translated the work of the prominent Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff.
Pevear and Volokhonsky were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for their version of The Brothers Karamazov. They are married and live in France
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