You could read The Brothers Karamazov, but this is shorter
Posted
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:23 PM
by
Romo
Today when I went to buy clay for pottery class, I stopped in at the used bookstore by the ceramics studio where I buy my clay. I was talking with the shop girl about Russian novels and mentioned that Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are my all-time favorite translators, and she told me about hearing an interview with them on NPR in the last few months. She didn't remember what program it was on, but I figured I could Google it since most NPR affiliates keep really good web archives. This is what I found.
From the October 15, 2007 edition of "The Leonard Lopate Show" at WNYC, "Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are award-winning translators of
Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov. Their translations have been
praised by critics for capturing the author’s original tone. They’ve
now translated Leo Tolstoy’s master epic, War and Peace. This new
translation is already being praised for its fidelity to Tolstoy’s
style and cadence, and for its accessible prose."
I did attempt to embed the audio file in this post for your convenience, but as it didn't work, you can instead follow the above link to the audio for this story.