- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (1 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192824910
- ISBN-13: 978-0192824912
- Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 11.7 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,906,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a new English translation of one of Pushkin's master works. Set in the 1820s in Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the fates of three men and three women.
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Format:Paperback
Truly appalling translation that butchers Pushkin's 'novel in verse'. Although this may be an easy read for those who seek to read for pleasure, for any student of Russian literature this translation is to be absolutely avoided. Hofstadter in his introduction puts a great deal of effort in compiling various other translations and critiquing them, but simply the fact that he is neither a translator nor a speaker of the Russian language should warn any serious reader that this is not a rendition of Pushkin's verse that does it any sort of justice. If Michael Glenny has been faulted in his translations for misconstruing simple Russian terms, then Hofstadter attempts a complete creative reworking that simply has no longer anything to do with Eugene Onegin. Especially for those who are fond of the more literal but 'Russian' translations of Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, this translation will quite burdensome and unpleasant to read.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
My own clever lines
7 Aug 2005
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MY OWN CLEver words for enjoyment
Of this Onegin, let me share.
For Douglas 'twas more than employment
This short tale, so simple, so bare.
Doug took time for this rendition
He used well his famed erudition;
He polished his verse, the rhymes all matched,
Though some lines were long to be hatched.
Above all, Pushkin's quick clever
Wit shines through from his age to ours.
Such fun reading it was, I never
Felt I had wasted those hours.
All in all I think this book fine
And as Doug ends his lines, I mine.
Of this Onegin, let me share.
For Douglas 'twas more than employment
This short tale, so simple, so bare.
Doug took time for this rendition
He used well his famed erudition;
He polished his verse, the rhymes all matched,
Though some lines were long to be hatched.
Above all, Pushkin's quick clever
Wit shines through from his age to ours.
Such fun reading it was, I never
Felt I had wasted those hours.
All in all I think this book fine
And as Doug ends his lines, I mine.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Falen's translation of Eugene Onegin is the best.
23 Aug 1998
Format:Paperback
James Falen's translation of this Russian classic is the best I have been able to find. Other translations by other Americans are nowhere near Falen's accuracy; on the other hand, Nabokov's rendition of the epic poem omits the most important part of Pushkin's masterpiece -- the iambic pentameter familiar to all Russians. James Falen combines the accuracy and the poetry to produce the best translation of Eugene Onegin available to an American reader.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
An Enjoyable Translation And More
30 July 2001
Format:Paperback
Hofstadter's translation of the great Russian poem "Eugene Onegin" deserves credit on two counts. First, it is a modern, lyrical, jovial and admittedly singsong (due to the author's strict adherence to the original iambic tetrameter) translation of Pushkin's masterwork. It is a translation to be read aloud, to be shared with one you love. Second, in its preface it holds a concise statement of Hofstadter's extensive thoughts (see "Le Ton Beau De Marot") on the art, whimsy, folly and beauty of translation itself. It has been mentioned that Hofstadter looks down on Nabokov's "translation", but this is not entirely without cause. Nabokov's stodgy literal gloss of "Onegin", eschewing meter and rhyme, serves as a dictionary and a deathblow. Pushkin's poem is vibrant and alive in Russian; Hofstadter boldly suggests that we english-speakers may also experience this life denied by Nabokov. This book will teach you something about poetry, something about translation, and hopefully give you a feel for what Pushkin's Russia might have been like.
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