{"product_id":"eugene-onegin-by-aleksandr-pushkin-9780691181011","title":"Eugene Onegin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Pushkin's masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/em\u003e, was first published in 1964, it ignited a storm of controversy that famously resulted in the demise of Nabokov's friendship with critic Edmund Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Wilson derided it as a disappointment in the New York Review of Books, other critics hailed the translation and accompanying commentary as Nabokov's highest achievement. Nabokov himself strove to render a literal translation that captured \"the exact contextual meaning of the original,\" arguing that only this is true translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNabokov's \u003cem\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/em\u003e remains the most famous and frequently cited English-language version of the most celebrated poem in Russian literature, a translation that reflects a lifelong admiration of Pushkin on the part of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow with a new foreword by Nabokov biographer Brian Boyd, this edition brings a classic work of enduring literary interest to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647695503596,"sku":"9780691181011","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f1e6b9c031641a49143528022fcd34e8.jpg?v=1779235459","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/eugene-onegin-by-aleksandr-pushkin-9780691181011","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}