![]() ![]() ![]() He came first, and he's still the best."- Washington Post Book World "All people who go in for the B's–Breckett, Brecht, Buñuel–better get hold of Bely. "This translation of Petersburg finally makes it possible to recognize Andrei Bely's great novel of 1913 as a crucial Russian instance of European modernist fiction."- Inquiry ![]() "The most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century."- The New York Times Book Review ""This translation of Petersburg finally makes it possible to recognize Andrei Bely's great novel of 1913 as a crucial Russian instance of European modernist fiction.""- Inquiry the most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century.""- The New York Times Book Review a jewel-cutter's showcase.""- Kirkus Reviews a translation that captures Bely's idiosyncratic language and the rhythm of his prose, and, without doing violence to English, conveys not only the literal meaning of the Russian but also its echoes and implications.""- The New York Review of Books the most accurate of all the available translations, and certainly the one that facilitates the greatest understanding of the original work."-Michael R. ![]()
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