Selected poetry

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Pushkin’s ‘The Bronze Horseman’ is the second-most famous poem in Russian literature after his Eugene Onegin, and notoriously difficult to translate. This translation, described by Robert Chandler as ‘truly wonderful’, is accompanied here by Pushkin’s greatest shorter verses. They range from lyric poetry to narrative verse, based on traditional Russian stories of enchanted tsars and magical fish. Together, they show the dazzling range and achievement of Russia’s greatest poet.

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WINNER OF THE READ RUSSIA PRIZE 2020

Alexander Pushkin established what we know as Russian literature. This collection includes his strongly personal lyric verse, which springs spontaneously from his everyday life – his numerous loves, his exile, his hectic life in St Petersburg – while the narrative poems here, from exotic Southern tales to comic parodies and fairy tales of enchanted tsars, display his endless ability to surprise. His landmark work The Bronze Horseman, with its ghostly central figure of Peter the Great, holds the meaning of all Russian history. Antony Wood’s translations reveal the variety, inventiveness and perfection of Pushkin’s verse.

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Weight 0.24 kg
Dimensions 19.4 × 12.8 × 2.4 cm
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Paperback

Pages

288

Language

English

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Dewey

891.713 (edition:23)

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General – Trade / Code: K

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