书目

DEAD SOULS

内容简介

(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed)NikolaiGogol's"DeadSouls"isthegreatcomicmasterpieceofRussianliterature-asatiricalandsplendidlyexaggeratedepicoflifeinthebenightedprovinces.Gogolhopedtoshowtheworld"theuntoldrichesoftheRussiansoul"inthis1842novel,whichhepopulatedwithaDickensianswarmofcharacters:roguesandscoundrels,landownersandserfs,connivingpettyofficials-allofthembothutterlylifelikeandalarminglylargerthanlife.Settingeverythinginmotionisthewilyantihero,Chichikov,thetraffickerin"deadsouls"-deceasedserfswhostillrepresentprofittothosecleverenoughtotradeinthem.Thislively,idiomaticEnglishversionbytheaward-winningtranslatorsRichardPevearandLarissaVolokhonskymakesaccessiblethefullextentofthenovel'slyricism,sulphuroushumor,anddelightinhumanoddityanderror.

作者简介

RichardPevearandLarissaVolokhonskyareknownfortheirhighly-acclaimedtranslationsofDostoevsky(Demons,TheBrothersKaramazov,CrimeandPunishmentandTheIdiothavebeenpublishedbyEveryman).TheirtranslationofTheBrothersKaramazovwonAmerica'sprestigiousPEN/Book-of-the-MonthClubPrize.

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