The translator

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John Crowley: The translator (2003, Perennial)

295 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2003 by Perennial.

ISBN:
978-0-380-81537-1
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OCLC Number:
52006293

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A novel of tremendous scope and beauty, The Translator tells of the relationship between an exiled Russian poet and his American translator during the Cuban missile crisis, a time when a writer's words -- especially forbidden ones -- could be powerful enough to change the course of history.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Translating and interpreting -- Fiction
  • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Fiction
  • Russians -- United States -- Fiction
  • Translators -- Fiction
  • Exiles -- Fiction
  • Poets -- Fiction
  • Fantasy fiction, American