Boris Godunov [Paperback]

Alexander Pushkin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Alexander Pushkin's masterful tragedy, intrinsic to Russian culture and major inspiration for theater, art, and opera. Nicholas Rzhevsky, the editor and translator, provides a vibrant new translation, faithful to the original, yet suitable for modern readers and contemporary performance on the stage. Pushkin's themes of moral compromise and political expediency reach out to the new millennium with the force of Shakespeare's great texts.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Alexander Pushkin is the acknowledged master of Russian literature, and father of many of its modern genres. Nicholas Rzhevsky, editor and translator, is the author of numerous works in Russian literature and theater, and editor of The Anthology of Russian Literature and The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Slavic Cultural Central Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967839300
• ISBN-13: 978-0967839301
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the cesear if russia, July 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Boris Godunov (Paperback)

Of course, I loved the book. It's well paced, entertaining, and insightful to a moment in russian history. Pushkin's charm as an dramatist is as well done as shakespeare. There aren't as many quotable lines, but that only makes it more fluent to read. The poetry is also nothing shy of great and the characters are well written, notably boris and the impostor. It's always tough to find russian literiture that doesn't bore a person, but pushkin's drama has enough romance (i.e. Romantic era), action, jokes, and touching speeches to move the reader to bite their nails, laugh out loud, and cry.