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Reviews / Votes

The most important, most influential, and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century * The New York Times Book Review * This modernist novel, rightly regarded as one of the pinnacles of twentieth-century Russian literature, presents great challenges to the translator. With unswerving loyalty to the original, Elsworth has succeeded in capturing its idiosyncratic rhythms and elusive layers of meaning, producing a masterful translation that reads like a work of art in its own right * 2012 Rossica Prize Judging Panel * One of the four most important works of twentieth century literature -- Vladimir Nabokov