ALMA Classics New Book Information Lyrics: Volume 3 (1824–30) by Alexander Pushkin Various Translators, Edited by Roger Clarke SELLING POINTS
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ALMA CLASSICS NEw BOOk Information Lyrics: Volume 3 (1824–30) by Alexander Pushkin Various translators, edited by Roger Clarke SELLING POINTS: • Beautifully packaged • Third volume in the new Alma Classics Pushkin Lyrics series • Follows on the success of the new editions of Pushkin’s works: Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, The Captain’s Daughter and The Queen of Spades • Translated by a board of acclaimed translators • Dual-language edition with facing text DESCRIPTION: The founding father of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted – through his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, his plays, his short stories and SERIES: Alma Classics his narrative poetry – a long-lasting influence well beyond the borders of his 25th June 2020 • £9.99 motherland. A slightly lesser-known, but by no mean less important aspect of his 978-1-84749-733-8 writing is his vast production of shorter verse, a genre at which he excelled and 448 pp • PB arguably still remains unsurpassed. Subject: DCF Rights: World English This volume, part of Alma’s series of the complete poetic works of Alexander Pushkin, collects the poems Pushkin wrote during his exile in Mikhaylovskoe and his subsequent return to St Petersburg, at a time when he was working on Eugene Onegin and many others of his most celebrated works, and includes some of his lyrical masterpieces, such as ‘To —’ – arguably the most famous love poem in the Russian language – ‘A Flower’, ‘St Petersburg’ and BY THE SAME AUTHOR: ‘My Autograph’, each presented in a verse translation opposite the original Russian text. Enriched with notes, pictures and an appendix on Pushkin’s life and works, this will be essential reading for anyone wishing to delve deeper into the Russian bard’s genius. “Pushkin is an extraordinary phenomenon, perhaps the only phenomenon of the Russian spirit.” Nikolai Gogol ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a dramatist and poet, penning such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of modern Russian literature. ALSO AVAILABLE BY THE SAME AUTHOR: Belkin’s Stories • PB • £7.99 • 978-1-84749-351-4 Boris Godunov & Little Tragedies • PB • £10.99 • 978-1-84749-691-1 Eugene Onegin • PB • £4.99 • 978-1-84749-417-7 Ruslan and Lyudmila • PB • £9.99 • 978-1-84749-296-8 The Captain’s Daughter and A History of Pugachov • PB • £8.99 • 978-1-84749-215-9 The Queen of Spades • PB • £8.99 • 978-1-84749-478-8 TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT: Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Cromwell Place, Hampshire International Business Park, Lime Tree way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8YJ Tel: 01256 302 692 or Fax: 01256 812 521 FOR SALES ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London wC1B 3DP Tel: 0207 631 5600 or Fax: 0207 631 5800 For more information about Alma Classics, please visit: www.almabooks.com.