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An Epic New "War and Peace"
ResumeAnd in a pair of lines, we are deep in the onslaught of Napoleon and the wonder of a great Russian mind. The battlefields and ballrooms and human hearts of Tolstoy's sprawling world, and maybe our own. It's out in a great new translation.
This hour, On Point: Tolstoy's great "War and Peace" and the couple who have brought it to life, again.Guests:
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, translators of a new version of "War and Peace" and best-selling versions of "The Brothers Karamazov" and "Anna Karenina." They are a husband-and-wife team that has published translations of 14 Russian works, including those of Chekhov, Gogol and Bulgakov.
This program aired on October 17, 2007.