Available for the first time in an edition of two individual paperback books, this volume contains Nabokov's introduction and his translation of Pushkin's novel.
It is the most important work in verse in Russian literature. Embracing the events of the first quarter of the 19th century, it is a veritable encyclopaedia of Russian life.Pushkin began work on the novel in 1823.
In time for the bicentennial of Pushkin's birth comes a new translation of his classic novel. Douglas R. Hofstadter is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Godel, Escher, Bach".
