Oblomov

by Ivan Goncharov

Overview

Introduction by Richard Freeborn; Translation by Natalie Duddington

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987733952
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/12/2018
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891) was the son of a rich merchant family, spent most of his life as a civil servant, and published three novels.

David Magarshack (translator/introducer; 1899–1977) was known for his many translations from his native Russian, including works by Dostoyevsky.

Editorial Reviews

Oblomov is a truly great work, the likes of which one has not seen for a long, long time. I am in rapture over Oblomov and keep rereading it.” ―Leo Tolstoy

“[Goncharov is] ten heads above me in talent.” ―Anton Chekhov

From the Publisher

"Offers a fine example of sly and compassionate satire, a very rare genre indeed"—Michael Wood, London Review of Books

London Review of Books

"[Goncharov is] ten heads above me in talent.”—Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Long before Jerry Seinfeld and Samuel Beckett, there was Ivan Goncharov, a minor government official in czarist Russia, and his classic novel about an ordinary Russian aristocrat mired in his own extraordinary inertia.”—Chris Lehman, Bookforum

Bookforum

The combination of Goncharov's edits and Schwartz’s translation left me thumbing back to the copyright page to confirm 1862, not 1962, as this translation sparkles with contemporary lyricism and humor."—Karen Vanuska, Quarterly Conversation

Quarterly Conversation

"You can't help but be captivated by the 'rapture' that Tolstoy spoke of when reading and rereading it."—Ron Rosenblum, Slate, A Slate Best Book of 2008

Slate

Oblomov is a truly great work, the likes of which one has not seen for a long, long time. I am in rapture over Oblomov and keep rereading it.”—Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

"You can't help but be captivated by the 'rapture' that Tolstoy spoke of when reading and rereading it."—Ron Rosenblum, Slate, A Slate Best Book of 2008

Slate