Chevengur: "radosti nad vsemi gumnami"

[Rad Borislavov]

Dear Robert,

If I may add a note in line with earlier suggestions about the
translation of "nad" but concerning the words just before the
preposition--it seems that  "но не хватало" refers to a general lack
of joy over the threshing floors, which prevented Dostoevsky from
imagining socialism, rather than to  Dostoevsky (i.e. that he lacked
something).

All the best,

Rad Borislavov
University of Chicago

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Can anyone help me with this odd use of the preposition "nad"?  I feel there
> must be something I have not understood.
>
> Дванов помог Достоевскому вообразить социализм малодворными артельными
> поселками с общими приусадебными наделами. Достоевский уже все принял, но не
> хватало какой-то общей радости над всеми гумнами, чтобы воображение будущего
> стало любовью и теплом, чтобы совесть и нетерпение взошли силой внутри его
> тела - от временного отсутствия социализма наяву.
>
> Dvanov helped Dostoevsky to imagine socialism in the form of small
> collective settlements with shared parcels of land.  Dostoevsky had already
> accepted everything, but he lacked some kind of general joy over all the
> threshing floors that could have made his imagination of the future become
> love and warmth, that could have made conscience and impatience arise as a
> force inside his body - given the temporary absence of socialism in reality.
>
> All the best, and thanks in advance!
>
> Robert
>
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>
>
>
>
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