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Zhivago, an army doctor wounded during wwi, is nursed to health by lara. Pevear and volokhonsky have done a masterly job translating what ought to be considered the definitive english edition of doctor zhivago. Doctor zhivago by boris leonidovich pasternak, richard pevear translator, larissa volokhonsky translator paperback, 544 pages, published 2011. Doctor zhivago audiobook by boris pasternak, richard pevear.
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Richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky have restored the rhythms, tone, precision, and poetry of pasternaks original, bringing this classic of. Pasternak, boris leonidovich, 18901960, richard pevear and larissa, volokhonsky, doctor zhivago. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide pasternak, boris leonidovich, 18901960, richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky, doctor zhivago. Pevear uses this quote to stress his point that doctor zhivago is a highly unusual book. This new translation by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky is for. Doctor zhivago pasternak, boris leonidovich pevear. Upon return home, doctor zhivago returns to find his postrevolution moscow ruined by disease and riots. A full deck of chekhov, with the translators as the wild. Doctor zhivago is the epic novel of russia in the throes of. Doctor zhivago 1st edition by boris leonidovich pasternak, larissa volokhonsky translator, richard pevear translator hardcover, 544 pages, published 2010. Richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of war and peace, doctor zhivago, and anna karenina, which was an oprah book club pick and millioncopy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to the selected stories of anton chekhov, a collection of thirty of chekhovs best tales from the major periods of his creative life. Moreover, i found even pevear volokhonsky s more literal translation filled with beautifully poetic moments, as were the translations of yuri zhivago s poetry that forms an appendix to the novel.
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