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Book SynopsisAndrei Bely's Petersburg is considered one of the four greatest prose masterpieces of the 20th century. This new edition of the best-selling translation provides historical and literary context to the political, philosophical, and darkly comedic novel.
Trade Review" . . . the most accurate of all the available translations, and certainly the one that facilitates the greatest understanding of the original work."
-- Michael R. Katz
" . . . a translation that captures Bely's idiosyncratic language and the rhythm of his prose, and, without doing violence to English, conveys not only the literal meaning of the Russian but also its echoes and implications."
* The New York Review of Books *
" . . . a jewel-cutter's showcase."
* Kirkus Reviews *
" . . . the most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century."
* The New York Times Book Review *
"This translation of Petersburg finally makes it possible to recognize Andrei Bely's great novel of 1913 as a crucial Russian instance of European modernist fiction."
* Inquiry *
The most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century.
* The New York Times Book Review *
This translation of Petersburg finally makes it possible to recognize Andrei Bely's great novel of 1913 as a crucial Russian instance of European modernist fiction.
* Inquiry *
All people who go in for the B's–Breckett, Brecht, Buñuel–better get hold of Bely. He came first, and he's still the best.
* Washington Post Book World *
The most accurate of all the available translations, and certainly the one that facilitates the greatest understanding of the original work.
-- Michael R. Katz, Middlebury College
A translation that captures Bely's idiosyncratic language and the rhythm of his prose, and without doing violence to English, conveys not only the literal meaning of the Russian but also its echoes and implications.
* The New York Review of Books *
A jewel-cutter's showcase.
* Kirkus Reviews *
