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Demons: A Novel in Three Parts; --A New Translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679423141
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423140
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Second printing. Book is like new, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with two tiny nicks on front. This translation has been made from the Russian text of the Soviet Academy of Sciences 1974 edition, volumes ten and eleven. The book was previously translated as "The Possessed." 8vo. 733 pp. including appendix and notes. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.
Synopsis
About the Translators Richard Pevear has published translations of Alain, Yves Bonnefoy, Albert Savinio, and Pavel Florensky, as well as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the translation of The Brothers Karamazov. Larissa Volokhonsky was born in Leningrad. She has translated the work of the prominent Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff. Pevear and Volokhonsky were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for their version of The Brothers Karamazov. They are married and live in France
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- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96547
- Title
- Demons: A Novel in Three Parts; --A New Translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
- Author
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679423141
- ISBN 13
- 9780679423140
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Russian fiction; The Possessed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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