"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 Informationen zum Autor Andrei Bely (whose real name was Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev), was born in 1880 into a family of illustrious intellectuals. Bely's writing heavily influenced the Russian Symbolist movement and the subsequent Modernist school - his significance in world literature is often compared to that of James Joyce. He died in Moscow in January 1934. Klappentext WINNER OF THE 2012 ROSSICA PRIZE Bely's masterpiece novel is a tour de force of modernist style, which tells a gripping story of political terrorism, conspiracy, family dysfunction and murder. John Elsworth'sA modernist classic in which political terrorism, family dysfunction, myth and history combine with an irrestistible styleWINNER OF THE 2012 ROSSICA PRIZE Bely's masterpiece novel is a tour de force of modernist style, which tells a gripping story of political terrorism, conspiracy, family dysfunction and murder. John Elsworth's

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A modernist classic in which political terrorism, family dysfunction, myth and history combine with an irrestistible style

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Andrei Bely (whose real name was Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev), was born in 1880 into a family of illustrious intellectuals. Bely's writing heavily influenced the Russian Symbolist movement and the subsequent Modernist school - his significance in world literature is often compared to that of James Joyce. He died in Moscow in January 1934.

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WINNER OF THE 2012 ROSSICA PRIZE Bely's masterpiece novel is a tour de force of modernist style, which tells a gripping story of political terrorism, conspiracy, family dysfunction and murder. John Elsworth's