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Marina Warner is in conversation with Robert Chandler about Russian translation, with particular reference to Platonov.
Marina Warner, the prominent writer, critic, historian and broadcaster, will address the wide variation in translated versions of Russian texts. Her conversation with Robert Chandler will focus on Andrey Platonov in particular. Chandler has translated and co-translated several of Platonov’s novels, including, with Elizabeth Chandler and Olga Meerson, a new edition of the absurdist parable The Foundation Pit, Platonov’s most overtly political book, written in direct response to the brutalities of Stalin’s collectivisation of Russian agriculture. It is a literary masterpiece which deforms and transforms language in seeking to evoke unspeakable realities. This English translation is the first and only one to be based on the definitive edition published by Pushkin House in Moscow.
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Professor Marina Warner | talks |
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Date and Time: |
21 June 2009 at 3:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
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Venue: |
Stevenson Room, The British Museum |
Organised by: |
London Review Bookshop |
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Tickets: |
£8 (£5) |
Available from: |
To book tickets please see www.lrbshop.co.uk/worldliteratureweekend... call +44 (0)20 7209 1141 or drop in at the London Review Bookshop. Ticket are £8 (£5 concessions). Tickets include postage. Concessionary rates available for LRB subscribers, Friends of the British Museum, students and OAPs. |
Additional Information: |
For more information on World Literature Weekend see www.lrbshop.co.uk/worldliteratureweekend |
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