Pelevin Question

[Robert Chandler]

I know and greatly admire Andrew's work, and I don't think he would mind my
answering tentatively on his behalf.  I know that in most, and very likely
all, cases, he discussed these questions, by correspondence, with Pelevin.

R.




> Hi Marcus,
> I'm not sure about "The Life of Insects" but many years ago when I first
> read Pelevin's novel 'Chapaev i Pustota' in translation I noticed there were
> a few segments left out; I think they were limited to parts of the novel
> involving Silver Age poets, such as Blok and Briusov, which would've been
> irrelevant to an English-speaking readership not educated in that particular
> period of Russian literature for obvious reasons, I guess.  I've always been
> curious, though, as to who decided to leave the passages out -- the
> translator Bromfield (whose work I admire) or Pelevin himself. Might be a
> good question for discussion?
> Hope I was of some help,
> Krystyna
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> From: "Marcus Levitt" <levitt at COLLEGE.USC.EDU>
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> 
> I am teaching "The Life of Insects" (trans. A Bromfield) and notice that the
> ending (as well as a few other places in the text) are not the same as in
> the on-line versions of "Zhizn' nasekomykh" that I have found (e.g.,
> http://lib.rus.ec/b/42105/read#t1 ( http://lib.rus.ec/b/42105/read#t1 )).
> What's up here?
> 
> Thanks, Marcus
> 
> 
> 
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