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What translation should I get for:
C&P
Notes
War and Peace
Anna Karenina
Dead Souls
Fathers and Sons
In search of lost time
Book of Disquiet
Men In the Sun
Children of the Alley

What collection should I get for:
Jorge Luis Borges
Kafka

>> No.13019812

>>13019761
Pevear & Volokhonsky for dosto

>> No.13020071

>>13019761
Richard Zenith for the book of disquiet.

>> No.13020119

>>13019812
Do NOT get P&V for Notes from the Underground.

>> No.13020127

>>13020119
Forgot to add that P&V's Christian ideals bleed into the work, changing some of the words and drastically altering the meaning.

>> No.13020251

good rule of thumb: if there's a P&V translation, get it

>> No.13020256

>>13019761
Really doesn't fucking matter
Only people who never end up reading get so autistic about this shit

>> No.13020563
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13020563

You should read this. No joke.

>> No.13020568

>>13019761
drop acid and i'll read it to you in russian

>> No.13020599

>>13020119
why not? Not OP but was thinking of buying that one, after enjoying their translation of Doctor Zhivago

>> No.13020654

>>13020599
See >>13020127

>> No.13021030

C&P - P&V, or Michael Katz
Notes - P&V
War and Peace - Maude is the best, then Briggs, then P&V
Anna Karenina - Maude or P&V
Dead Souls - P&V or Rayfield
Fathers and Sons - Michael Katz
In search of lost time - the new Penguin editions with Lydia Davis et al
Book of Disquiet - Richard Zenith
Men In the Sun - don't know
Children of the Alley - don't know

What collection should I get for:
Jorge Luis Borges - Collected Fictions translated by Hurley; the di Giovanni translations are also great
Kafka - the original translations by Edwin and Willa Muir