... Steve Martin's novel 'Object of Beauty' shows eye for art, ear for satire.
... Harold Pinter revealed: Words from the diary of playwright's wife are a window on their life.
... Retranslation of "Dr. Zhivago," a searing indictment of war through the lens of its victims.
... In celebration of earthly bonds.
... How AK-47, more than A-bomb, changed history.
I've been hoping that "Zhivago" would be retranslated by this distinguished team. Now I can hardly wait to read the new translation. I assume they've also included the appendix of Yuri's poems, which will be wonderful to read anew.
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ReplyDeleteThey discussed that and other decisions about the translation (e.g., correcting the theme of "eternal memory" that had been mangled in the first translation) when I met them last year -- http://bu.tt/b6w
This review says he is a poet as well as a novelist. In fact, he is preeminently a poet -- he was almost embarrassed that he is primarily known in the West (and received his Nobel for) Zhivago.
Thomas Merton wrote one of the definitive essays on Pasternak; it's in his collection titled "Disputed Questions." I quite agree that Pasternak was primarily a poet, and Russia knew him as such. That his lead character in his most famous novel should be a poet, too, is no surprise.
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