The highway became the Red Sea.
We moved through the storm like a sheer valley.
You drove; I looked at you with love.
— from "Storm"
One of the most gifted and readable poets of his time, Adam Zagajewski is proving to be a...
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in imperial Russia during the 1820s, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky...
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
Eugene Onegin
A Novel in Verse
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by
STANLEY MITCHELL
First published 1833
This translation first published in Penguin Classics...
"Placé du côté de la légèreté, du sourire, le roman de Pouchkine est unique dans la littérature russe : il n'apprend pas à vivre, ne dénonce pas, n'accuse pas, n'appelle pas à la révolte, n'impose pas un point de vue, comme le font,...