everyman's library the brothers karamazov

bring out the richness and depth of the original in a way similar to a faithful and sensitive restoration of a painting.” – The Independent “It may well be that Dostoevsky’s, with all its resourceful energies of life and language, is only now–and through the medium of new translation–beginning to come home to the English-speaking reader.” – New York Review of Books “Heartily recommended to any reader who wishes to come as close to Dostoevsky’s Russian as it is possible.” –Joseph Frank, Princeton University With an Introduction by Malcolm V.

The stylistic accuracy and versatility of registers used. Fulfills in remarkable measure most of the criteria for an ideal translation. Every page of the new Karamazov is a permanent standard, and an inspiration.” – The Times (London) “One finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky’s original.” – New York Times Book Review “Absolutely faithful. It returns us to a work we thought we knew, subtly altered and so made new again.” – Washington Post Book World “A miracle. scrupulous rendition can only be welcomed. The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of his art–his last, longest, richest, and most capacious book. “ at once the most literary and compulsively readable of novelists we continue to regard as great.

Everyman's library the brothers karamazov