The Translator

On an Indiana campus in 1961, an exiled Russian poet and a grieving student discover how words can alter the fate of nations.

A novel of tremendous scope and beauty, The Translator tells of the relationship between an exiled Russian poet and his American translator during the Cuban missile crisis, a time when a writer's words -- especially forbidden ones -- could be powerful enough to change the course of history.

The narrative sets their meeting at a prairie university, following Kit Malone ...