About the Translators
Richard Pevear has published translations of
Alain, Yves Bonnefoy, Albert Savinio, and Pavel Florensky, as well
as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships for
translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram
Merrill Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the translation
of The Brothers Karamazov. Larissa Volokhonsky was born in
Leningrad. She has translated the work of the prominent
Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff.
Pevear and Volokhonsky were awarded the PEN
Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for their version of The
Brothers Karamazov. They are married and live in France
“[An] admirable new translation of . . . Dostoevsky’s
masterpiece.”—New York Review of Books
“The merit in this edition of Demons resides in the technical
virtuosity of the translators. . . . They capture the feverishly
intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest
themselves in Russian life.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Demons is the Dostoevsky novel for our age. . . . [Pevear and
Volokhonsky] have managed to capture and differentiate the
characters’ many voices. . . . They come into their own when faced
with Dostoevsky’s wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns.
. . . A capital job of restoration.”—Los Angeles Times
"[An] admirable new translation of...Dostoevsky's masterpiece."
-New York Review of Books
"The merit in this edition of Demons resides in the
technical virtuosity of the translators...They capture the
feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion
that manifest themselves in Russian life." -New York Times Book
Review
"Demons is the Dostoevsky novel for our age...[Pevear and
Volokhonsky] have managed to capture and differentiate the
characters' many voices...They come into their own when faced with
Dostoevsky's wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns...A
capital job of restoration." -Los Angeles Times
With an Introduction by Richard Pevear
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