piatiknizhie in English

[Evgeny Steiner]

What about 'pentaptych'?

ES

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Elena Ostrovskaya <
elena.ostrovskaya at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear George,
>
> The  term looks exteremely strange in Russian. What it means is exactly
> what
> you say, that is "Pentateuch". I guess you cannot just stretch the English
> term, you are right. I would use an explanatory construction, something
> like
> 'the five major works by Dostoevsky, sometimes called his "Pentateuch", and
> then just use the term.
>
> Regards,
> Elena Ostrovskaya
>
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