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A review by saareman
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
5.0
As Perfect as Can Be
I'm going to gush about this 2009 Penguin Classics translation by [a:Peter Carson|492169|Peter Carson|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] not only for its own quality and presentation but also due to my own recent experience with the faultily produced English translation of Tammsaare's "I Loved a German."
It was such a pleasure and relief to read a translation that read so well and that came with extensive End Notes explaining all mid-19th century Russian references and such. The introductory essay on Turgenev and his life by [a:Rosamund Bartlett|121845|Rosamund Bartlett|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] was excellent as well. As I have an early edition of this 2009 translation, it is missing the Afterword by [a:Tatyana Tolstaya|64625|Tatyana Tolstaya|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1267575883p2/64625.jpg] which has been added in later printings. So watch out for that omission or addition if you are shopping in used book stores.
I'm going to gush about this 2009 Penguin Classics translation by [a:Peter Carson|492169|Peter Carson|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] not only for its own quality and presentation but also due to my own recent experience with the faultily produced English translation of Tammsaare's "I Loved a German."
It was such a pleasure and relief to read a translation that read so well and that came with extensive End Notes explaining all mid-19th century Russian references and such. The introductory essay on Turgenev and his life by [a:Rosamund Bartlett|121845|Rosamund Bartlett|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] was excellent as well. As I have an early edition of this 2009 translation, it is missing the Afterword by [a:Tatyana Tolstaya|64625|Tatyana Tolstaya|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1267575883p2/64625.jpg] which has been added in later printings. So watch out for that omission or addition if you are shopping in used book stores.