Publication of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya's "My life"

[Frans Suasso]

  Op 30-9-2010 18:22, slavicre at UOTTAWA.CA schreef:
> On behalf of the Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa and the
> Ottawa University Press I am happy to report, at long last, the
> publication of the English translation of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya's "My
> life" (earlier announced on SEELANGS on 8 February 2010).  It has been
> translated by John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski under my
> editorship.  Apart from Tolstaya's extensive text, this 1250-page volume
> includes some 4,000 footnotes, a critical introduction by the editor, two
> indexes, a bibliography (with a section listing all Tolstaya's writings),
> an outline of the 873 chapters comprising her narrative, an appendix
> giving the full text of the 39 Russian-language poems cited by the author
> together with an English verse translation -- as well as 64 pages of
> colour illustrations.  For a description see:
> http://www.press.uottawa.ca/book/my-life
> For reviews and further information see:
> http://uottawapress.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html
>
> The university administration, in collaboration with the University of
> Ottawa Press, is sponsoring a book-launch extraordinaire on 6 October.
> Those of you who will be in the Ottawa area on that date are cordially
> invited to attend.  For further details, please see:
> http://www.openbookontario.com/events/launch_my_life_sofia_andreevna_tolstaya
>
> Andrew Donskov, F.R.S.C., Director,
> Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa
>
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I preordered the book in februari from Amazon.ca. I received  many 
e-mails that thepublication was delayed. Last wednesday the 29th.I was 
informed that the book had been shipped.
Today (friday) it arrived. I was  charged  Can. $ 81,37  for book and 
shipping. The book is impressive. Congratulations.

Frans Suasso, Naarden, the Netherlands

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