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In Reply to: Pevear and Volokhonsky are their names and they've translated several posted by tinear on December 28, 2006 at 12:10:51:

Well, you are not really asking me to recommend Idiot or War and Peace - are you? :-)
I looked on the Internet and found good info on those two people, apparently there is indeed plenty of recognition for their work.
So given what I know about their work, I would say War and Peace plus Idiot would make a good start.
However, they also have Anna Karenina, and what spurred my biggest interest - Master and Margarita. I presume you are already familiar with Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, in which case maybe you should start with Bulgakov? It is one hell of a book!

http://www.aup.fr/faculty/dept/clen/pevear.htm (Open in New Window)

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Very familiar with Tolstoy, Dosty, and Turgenev (and Lermontov) but - tinear 17:00:11 12/28/06 (3)
I am very embarrassed to say that Bulghakov "M & M," after an intriguing start, began to... lose me.
I'll try again, perhaps it was my mood or something.
- That is very uncommon - Victor Khomenko 17:46:15 12/28/06 (2)
  It is hard for me to put myself into someone else's shoes, coming from a different cultural background... there are works that are soo deeply rooted in particular reality that they can't exist outside of it. I would definitely put works like 12 Chairs in that category - if you don't have first hand experience with the dreary early Soviet life most of it will be lost on you.
  M&M I do not consider quite that sort of a work. While there is an undeniable mundane cultural element in it, it also speaks universal language... methink. But perhaps the scenes of Soviet life do get in the way, I dunno.
  Bulgakov's work is universally considered important, so it definitely makes sense to try again, of course getting the translation that is best.
  - It's still on my "short shelf" for another attempt. nt - tinear 07:30:42 12/29/06 (1)
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    - You peaked my curiosity, so I ordered it - Victor Khomenko 08:01:55 12/29/06 (0)
      At $7 from Amazon, what do you have to lose? I am curious to see how it preserved the music.

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