Boojatta
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Sat Oct-03-09 10:06 AM
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What's a good English translation of Dostoyevsky's novel "The Idiot" and when did you read it? |
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Sat Oct-03-09 10:13 AM
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1. damn... I read it about 1990 or so |
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Edited on Sat Oct-03-09 10:14 AM by fascisthunter
I wish I could tell you whether it was a good translation of not.
Dostoyevsky is probably my favorite writer... "Notes from Underground" my fav
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Sat Oct-03-09 10:41 AM
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2. Don't buy Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky's translation |
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Go for the Penguin one by David McDuff, and William Mills Todd. I read it as a child and teach it to my students.
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Sat Oct-10-09 11:48 AM
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5. Actually, Pevear's & Volokhnosky's translations ... |
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... are MARVELOUS! I've not read The Idiot, but I have read their translations of Anna Karenina and War and Peace.
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Sat Oct-03-09 10:41 AM
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3. The NYT keeps an archive of book reviews going back decades and |
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they always review new tranlations of the classics. I would check there. Or call the local college, they would have an English prof who could guide you...
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Wed Oct-07-09 01:33 PM
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4. I think I read it in about 1967 and have no idea wether it was |
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a good translation or not because I have nothing to compare it to.
I second the rec for Notes from the Underground though.
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Wed Sep-21-11 08:47 PM
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7. I've read both a translation by Constance Garnett & one by Julius |
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Katzer but to be truthful it was so long ago (sometime between '83 and '85) I don't really remember. While I was in grad school we were required to do projects outside our realm of study (can you believe Hospital Administration?)as part of the program. I chose to read all the Dostoyevsky classics after falling in love with Crime & Punishment. I remember my advisor asking me why I was bothering to pursue this particular degree as he doubted I would use it. I was shocked that he responded to me in this way as I did very well in his classes and always participated. As it turned out, I only worked about 6 months in the field before starting my own business, far from my area of study.
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Would love to reread these wonderful works of literature but I already have a dark cloud hovering over me from facing what is occurring in this country. Very dark works.
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Thu Sep-22-11 08:03 AM
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8. Is the book about GWB? (sorry, I couldn't resist.) nt |
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Tue Sep-27-11 08:24 PM
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not informed enough to know if it was a "good" translation or who translated it either but i was personally very moved by the story
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