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The Elagin Affair. And Other Stories.
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Description for The Elagin Affair. And Other Stories.
Hardcover. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
Graham Hettlinger's brilliant translations of Bunin's stories in Sunstroke (2002) were widely acclaimed. In The Elagin Affair, Mr. Hettlinger continues to acquaint English-language readers with a Bunin they may not have appreciated. Bunin's sensual, elaborate, and highly rhythmic prose has proven deeply resistant to earlier translations. In these new stories, Mr. Hettlinger captures both the music and the grace, as well as the literal meaning, of Bunin's renowned prose. The Elagin Affair contains three of the author's greatest novellas, the title piece, "Mitya's Love," and "Sukhodol" as well as a broad range of stories written between 1900 and 1940 and ... Read more
Graham Hettlinger's brilliant translations of Bunin's stories in Sunstroke (2002) were widely acclaimed. In The Elagin Affair, Mr. Hettlinger continues to acquaint English-language readers with a Bunin they may not have appreciated. Bunin's sensual, elaborate, and highly rhythmic prose has proven deeply resistant to earlier translations. In these new stories, Mr. Hettlinger captures both the music and the grace, as well as the literal meaning, of Bunin's renowned prose. The Elagin Affair contains three of the author's greatest novellas, the title piece, "Mitya's Love," and "Sukhodol" as well as a broad range of stories written between 1900 and 1940 and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636414
SKU
V9781566636414
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About Unknown
Born in 1870, Ivan Bunin fled Russia soon after the Bolshevik Revolution to spend the remainder of his life in France. A critically acclaimed poet and translator as well as prose writer, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933. Today he remains one of Russia's most cherished authors. Graham Hettlinger lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
Reviews for The Elagin Affair. And Other Stories.
Hettlinger's English translations of Bunin's stories contain the power of the original.
William L. Morris
The Buffalo News
This volume is a gift.... Simply superb - preserving the beauty and power of Bunin's prose.
Russian Life
The closest approximation to Bunin's original Russian....a valuable new resource for both teachers and students of Russian literature.
... Read more
William L. Morris
The Buffalo News
This volume is a gift.... Simply superb - preserving the beauty and power of Bunin's prose.
Russian Life
The closest approximation to Bunin's original Russian....a valuable new resource for both teachers and students of Russian literature.
... Read more