I cannot recommend The Master and Margarita highly enough. I've read translations by both Diana Burgin and Katherine O'Connor (Vintage, 1996) and Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Penguin, 1997) and they are both fine, although the former is the one I encountered first and therefore the one I feel more fondly toward, although I think it's also the one that's in a box right now. I am also finding his early short stories fascinating for all the reasons detailed above.
I got books in the post as well today--three Irish-language short story collections, one of which is for class, one of which is the selection for my book club, and one of which I mostly wanted because it had stories by people I've met.
Nice!
That might be the best obituary ever in any publication. Thanks for sharing!
The Economist's obituaries are usually beautifully written, but I am not sure I have ever seen anything quite like this from them before. I wonder if it's considered tacky to send a fan letter for an obit.
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I cannot recommend The Master and Margarita highly enough. I've read translations by both Diana Burgin and Katherine O'Connor (Vintage, 1996) and Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Penguin, 1997) and they are both fine, although the former is the one I encountered first and therefore the one I feel more fondly toward, although I think it's also the one that's in a box right now. I am also finding his early short stories fascinating for all the reasons detailed above.
I got books in the post as well today--three Irish-language short story collections, one of which is for class, one of which is the selection for my book club, and one of which I mostly wanted because it had stories by people I've met.
Nice!
That might be the best obituary ever in any publication. Thanks for sharing!
The Economist's obituaries are usually beautifully written, but I am not sure I have ever seen anything quite like this from them before. I wonder if it's considered tacky to send a fan letter for an obit.