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The Art of Translation No. 4.

An interview of translators Larissa Volokhonsky and Richard Pevear is presented. They discuss their translation of the novel "The Brothers Karamazov," by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Pevear addresses his life as a writer. Volokhonsky discusses her childhood in Leningrad, Soviet Union. Pevear's translation of...

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Published in:Paris Review no. 213; pp. 93 - 135
Main Authors: PEVEAR, RICHARD, VOLOKHONSKY, LARISSA
Format: Interview
Published: Paris Review Summer2015
Subjects:
Volokhonsky, Larissa
Pevear, Richard
Translators
Brothers Karamazov, The (Book : Dostoyevsky)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Three Musketeers, The (Book : Dumas)
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
Russian fiction
English translations of fiction
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Summary:An interview of translators Larissa Volokhonsky and Richard Pevear is presented. They discuss their translation of the novel "The Brothers Karamazov," by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Pevear addresses his life as a writer. Volokhonsky discusses her childhood in Leningrad, Soviet Union. Pevear's translation of the novel "The Three Musketeers," by Alexandre Dumas, is noted. They discuss the differences between Dostoevsky and the writer Leo Tolstoy.