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"One of the very great books of our time." --"The New Yorker"
"Pevear and Volokhonsky have done a masterly job translating what ought to be considered the definitive English edition of "Doctor Zhivago"." --"The New Criterion"
"A welcome opportunity for anyone who has already read "Dr. Zhivago" to revisit it and experience a richly rewarding fresh take on an epic tale. For those coming to it for the first time it is a chance to read one of the greatest novels of all times." --"New York Journal of Books"
"As well as a gripping story, "Doctor Zhivago" is a work of meditation and quiet challenge. Pasternak meant every word of it. I believe he would be pleased with the powerful fidelity of the translation now before us." --Angela Livingstone, "The Times Literary Supplement "(London)
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What a marvellous book and what a marvellous translation. Pevear and Volokhonsky's translations of the Russian masters always connect, draw you in and leave you in awe of the author. (The only complaint I have of this particular edition is the lack of a more thorough list of characters to refer back to, which would help the reader to assimilate these as they step in and out of the action at the start of the novel). But be warned, this is not a book you're meant to breeze through. Pasternak fills the pages with prose and similes, wonderfully translated, which magnificently describe the Russian landscape, atmosphere and surroundings, always reflecting the pace of events and which always place the reader at the very heart of the scene. But take your time to absorb these and the book will live on in your memory, long after the final page has been read. Richard Pevear and Larrisa Volokhonsky's translations of Zhivago's poems at the end of the novel have left me pining for more. It is essential that they now bring their skills to translate the rest of Pasternak's poetry and prose, to allow us non-Russian speakers to more fully experience this master's works.
"Earth and sky, forest and field
Tried to snare this rarest sound,
These measured shares of madness, pain,
Happiness and suffering"
"Earth and sky, forest and field
Tried to snare this rarest sound,
These measured shares of madness, pain,
Happiness and suffering"
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