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So essential is Crime and Punishment (1866) to global literature and to our understanding of Russia that it was one of the three books Edward Snowden, while confined to the Moscow airport, was given to help him absorb the culture. In a work that best embodies the existential dilemmas of man’s will to power, an impoverished student, sees himself as extraordinary and therefore free to commit crimes.

English translators have struggled with excessive literalism and no translation is felicitous to the literary nuances of the original prose. Now, Michael Katz addresses these challenges with new insights into the linguistic richness, the subtle tones and the cunning humour in this sparkling rendition of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.



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"... make Dostoevsky as readable and contemporary as Patricia Highsmith... superb…" -- Times Literary Supplement
"...lucid and pleasurable... new translation..." -- New Statesman

Crime and Punishment: A New Translation

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    A Paperback / softback by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Michael R. Katz

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 12 February 2019
      ISBN-13 9781631495311
      978-1631495311
      ISBN-10 1631495313
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      Classics Books by Fyodor Dostoevsky

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      So essential is Crime and Punishment (1866) to global literature and to our understanding of Russia that it was one of the three books Edward Snowden, while confined to the Moscow airport, was given to help him absorb the culture. In a work that best embodies the existential dilemmas of man’s will to power, an impoverished student, sees himself as extraordinary and therefore free to commit crimes.

      English translators have struggled with excessive literalism and no translation is felicitous to the literary nuances of the original prose. Now, Michael Katz addresses these challenges with new insights into the linguistic richness, the subtle tones and the cunning humour in this sparkling rendition of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.



      Trade Review
      "... make Dostoevsky as readable and contemporary as Patricia Highsmith... superb…" -- Times Literary Supplement
      "...lucid and pleasurable... new translation..." -- New Statesman

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